Section 144A Offence of keeping vehicle which does not meet insurance requirementsF1
England, Wales and Scotland
If a motor vehicle registered under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 does not meet the insurance requirements, the person in whose name the vehicle is registered is guilty of an offence.
For the purposes of this section a vehicle meets the insurance requirements if—
it is covered by a such a policy of insurance F2... as complies with the requirements of this Part of this Act, and
either of the following conditions is satisfied.
The first condition is that the policy F3... , or the certificate of insurance ... which relates to it, identifies the vehicle by its registration mark as a vehicle which is covered by the policy ... .
The second condition is that the vehicle is covered by the policy F4... because—
the policy ... covers any vehicle, or any vehicle of a particular description, the owner of which is a person named in the policy ... or in the certificate of insurance ... which relates to it, and
the vehicle is owned by that person.
For the purposes of this section a vehicle is covered by a policy of insurance F5... if the policy of insurance ... is in force in relation to the use of the vehicle.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Ss. 144A-144D inserted (4.2.2011) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 22(1), 61(1)(10) (with s. 61(3)); S.I. 2011/19, art. 2(a)
- F2
Words in s. 144A(2)(a) omitted (1.11.2019) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1047), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 8(2) (with reg. 5)
- F3
Words in s. 144A(3) omitted (1.11.2019) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1047), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 8(3) (with reg. 5)
- F4
Words in s. 144A(4) omitted (1.11.2019) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1047), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 8(3) (with reg. 5)
- F5
Words in s. 144A(5) omitted (1.11.2019) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1047), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 8(3) (with reg. 5)
Notes on Part VI
Modifications
- C1
Pt. VI: power to modify conferred (E.W.) by National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49, SIF 113:2), ss. 23(4), 27(5) (as amended by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. 3 para. 18(1)(2))
- C2
Pt. VI modified (16.8.2006) by The Dover Harbour Revision Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2167), art. 27
Notes on Compulsory insurance ...
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 143 cross-heading omitted (1.11.2019) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1047), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 5 (with reg. 5)