Section 171 Duty of owner of motor vehicle to give information for verifying compliance with requirement of compulsory insurance ... .F2C1
England, Wales and Scotland
For the purpose of determining whether a motor vehicle was or was not being driven in contravention of section 143 of this Act on any occasion when the driver was required under section 165(1) or 170 of this Act to produce such a certificate of insurance F1... or other evidence, as is mentioned in section 165(2)(a) of this Act, the owner of the vehicle must give such information as he may be required, by or on behalf of a chief officer of police, to give.
A person who fails to comply with the requirement of subsection (1) above is guilty of an offence.
In this section “owner”, in relation to a vehicle which is the subject of a hiring agreement, includes each party to the agreement.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in s. 171(1) 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. 25(3) (with reg. 5)
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Words in s. 171 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. 25(2) (with reg. 5)
Modifications
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S. 171 excluded (23.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 8(1)(b)(2)(b)
Notes on Part VII
Modifications
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Pt. VII modified (16.8.2006) by The Dover Harbour Revision Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2167), art. 27