Section 144 Exceptions from requirement of third-party insurance ... .F28 C1

England, Wales and Scotland

F1(1)

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(1A)

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(1B)

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(2)

Section 143 does not apply—

C2 C3(a)

to a vehicle owned—

(i)

by the council of a county or county district in England and Wales F2the Broads Authority, the Common Council of the City of London, the council of a London borough F3 a National Park authority, the Inner London Education Authority, F4a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, F5the London Fire Commissioner, F6... F7, a joint authority F8... established by Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1985, an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 F9, a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act or a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023,

(ii)

by a F10council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 in Scotland F11or the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service , or

(iii)

by a joint board or committee in England or Wales, or joint committee in Scotland, which is so constituted as to include among its members representatives of any such council,

at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control,

C4 C5 C6(b)

to a vehicle owned by F12a local policing body or a police authority F13or the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police district, at a time when it is being driven under the owner’s control, or to a vehicle at a time when it is being driven for police purposes by or under the direction of a constable, F14by a member of a police and crime commissioner's staff (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011), by a member of the staff of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (within the meaning of that Part of that Act), by a member of the civilian staff of a police force (within the meaning of that Part of that Act), by a member of the civilian staff of the metropolitan police force (within the meaning of that Part of that Act), by a person employed by the Common Council of the City of London ~~F15in its capacity as a police authority,~~ by a police volunteer designated under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002, or by a person employed by a police authority, ..., or

F16(ba)

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(c)

to a vehicle at a time when it is being driven on a journey to or from any place undertaken for salvage purposes pursuant to Part IX of the F17Merchant Shipping Act 1995,

F18(d)

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F19(da)

to a vehicle owned by a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 F20...F21or by a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control.

(db)

to an ambulance owned by a National Health Service trust established under F22section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006, section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, at a time when a vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control

F23(dc)

to an ambulance owned by an NHS foundation trust, at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control,

(e)

to a vehicle which is made available by the Secretary of State F24or the Welsh Ministers to any person, body or local authority in pursuance of F25section 12 or 80 of the National Health Service Act 2006, or section 10 or 38 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, at a time when it is being used in accordance with the terms on which it is so made available,

(f)

to a vehicle which is made available by the Secretary of State to any local authority, education authority or voluntary organisation in Scotland in pursuance of section 15 or 16 of the M1National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 at a time when it is being used in accordance with the terms on which it is so made available.

F26(g)

to a vehicle owned by F27the Care Quality Commission, at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control