The Motor Vehicles (International Motor Insurance Card) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

• Citation: S.I. 2020/735
• Sections: 8

Section 1 Citation, Commencement and Interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (International Motor Insurance Card) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 4th August 2020.

(3) Regulations 4 and 8(c) come into force on IP completion day.

Section 2 Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (International Motor Insurance Card) Regulations 1971

The Motor Vehicles (International Motor Insurance Card) Regulations 1971 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 7.

Section 3 Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (International Motor Insurance Card) Regulations 1971

In regulation 3(1), for the definition of “insurance card”, substitute—

“Insurance card” means an international motor insurance card issued under the authority of a Foreign Bureau or the British Bureau, which is—

either green or white in colour,

in printed form, no bigger than A4 in paper size, and

in English or another language containing, in black typescript, the particulars specified in, and set out in one page as shown in, the Schedule to these Regulations;

Section 4 Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (International Motor Insurance Card) Regulations 1971

In regulation 3(1), for the definition of “insurance card”, substitute—

“Insurance card” means an international motor insurance card issued under the authority of a Foreign Bureau or the British Bureau, which is—

either green or white in colour, and

in electronic form or in printed form no bigger than A4 in paper size, and

in English or another language containing, in black typescript, the particulars specified in, and set out in one page as shown in, the Schedule to these Regulations;

Section 5 Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (International Motor Insurance Card) Regulations 1971

(1) Regulation 4 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (c), for “inscribed therein;”, substitute “inserted therein; and”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (d)—

(i) omit “the visitor, by”,

(ii) omit “as the insured or user thereof; and”;

(c) omit sub-paragraph (e).

(3) In paragraph (2)—

(a) in the words before sub-paragraph (a)—

(i) for “inscribed”, substitute “inserted”,

(ii) for “7 and 8”, substitute “9 and 10”,

(iii) for “Schedule 1”, substitute “the Schedule”,

(iv) omit “and marked “original” and in paragraphs 2, 3 and 8 on page 3 of the card in the form in Schedule 2 to these Regulations”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “3 or 7”, substitute “9”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (c), for “8”, substitute “10”.

Section 6 Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (International Motor Insurance Card) Regulations 1971

For Schedule 1, substitute the Schedule to these Regulations.

Section 7 Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (International Motor Insurance Card) Regulations 1971

Omit Schedule 2.

Section 8 Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Risks) Regulations 1972

In regulation 7(4) of the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Risks) Regulations 1972 , in the words before sub-paragraph (a)—

(a) after “Austria,” insert “Andorra,”

(b) after “Norway,” insert “Serbia,”,

(c) after “document”, insert “, in either printed or electronic form,”.