{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1988/section-162",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1988/section-162.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/52",
  "legislation_title": "Road Traffic Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1988",
  "path": "section/162",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "162",
  "heading": "Index to Part VI.",
  "text": "The expressions listed in the left-hand column below are respectively defined or (as the case may be) fall to be construed in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act listed in the right-hand column in relation to those expressions.\nExpression\nRelevant provision\nAccident\nSection 161(3)\nAuthorised insurer\nSection 145(5)\nCertificate of insurance\nSections 147(1) and 161(2)\n. . .\n. . .\nHospital\nSection 161(1)\nPolicy of insurance\nSection 161(1)\nPrescribed\nSection 160(1)\nRegulations\nSection 160(1)\nSalvage\nSection 161(1)\nUnder the owner’s control\nSection 161(1)",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Entry in s. 162 substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 314"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 162 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. 22 (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 162 excluded (23.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 8(1)(b)(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/10",
      "affecting_title": "Automated Vehicles Act 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/section/162",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:34.565959+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}