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Section 156 Power to require evidence of insurance ... on application for vehicle excise licence.F3C1

England, Wales and Scotland

Provision may be made by regulations under F1section 57 of the Vehicle Excise and RegistrationAct 1994 for requiring a person applying for a licence under that Act in respect of a motor vehicle to produce such evidence as may be prescribed that either—

(a)

on the date when the licence comes into operation there will be in force the necessary policy of insurance F2... in relation to the use of the vehicle by the applicant or by other persons on his order or with his permission, or

(b)

the vehicle is a vehicle to which section 143 of this Act does not apply at a time when it is being driven under the owner’s control.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 156 substituted (1.9.1994) by S.I. 1994 c. 22, ss. 63, 66(2), Sch. 3 para. 24(5) (with s. 57(4))

F2

Words in s. 156(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. 19(3) (with reg. 5)

F3

Words in s. 156 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. 19(2) (with reg. 5)

Modifications

C1

S. 156 excluded (23.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 8(1)(b)(2)(b)

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)