{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-91",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1981/154",
  "legislation_title": "Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "article/91",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "91",
  "heading": "Defence to charge under Article 90",
  "text": "A person charged with an offence under Article 90 shall not be convicted if he proves—\n(a) that the vehicle did not belong to him and was not in his possession under a contract of hiring or of loan;\n(b) that he was using the vehicle in the course of his employment and with the authority of his employer; and\n(c) that he neither knew nor had reason to believe that there was not in force in relation to the vehicle such a policy of insurance or security as complied with the requirements of this Part.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/154/article/91",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:26.616135+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."
}