European Communities (Road Traffic) (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1987

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 322/1987
• Year: 1987

S.I. No. 322 of 1987.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (ROAD TRAFFIC) (COMPULSORY INSURANCE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1987.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) hereby makes the following Regulations:— 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Road Traffic) (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1987.

(2) These Regulations and the European Communities (Road Traffic) (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 178 of 1975 ) shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the European Communities (Road Traffic) (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations, 1975 to 1987. 2. In these Regulations "the Act" means the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961). 3. (1) These Regulations with the exception of sub-article (2) of article 4 shall come into operation on the 31st day of December, 1987.

(2) Sub-article (2) of Article 4 of these Regulations shall come into operation on the 31st day of December, 1988. 4. (1) The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (2) of section 56 of the Act—

"(2) ( a ) The insurance required by this section may be subject to a limitation in respect of injury to property where such injury is caused by any one act of negligence or any one series of acts of negligence collectively constituting one event as follows—

(i) where the act or series of acts of negligence occur on or after the 31st day of December, 1987 and before the 31st day of December, 1990, a limitation of £40,000, and

(ii) where the act or series of acts of negligence occur on or after the 31st day of December, 1990, a limitation of £80,000.

( b ) There may be excepted from the liability covered by the insurance required by this section any liability (in excess of the common law or the statutory liability applicable to the case) undertaken by the insured by special contract."

(2) The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (8) of section 56 of the Act—

"(8) In this Part of this Act, a reference to the territory in which a vehicle is normally based shall be a reference to the territory of the State of which the vehicle bears a registration plate; or in a case where no registration is required for a type of vehicle but the vehicle bears an insurance plate or a distinguishing sign analogous to the registration plate, the territory of the State in which the insurance plate or the...