S.I. No. 383/1952 - Road Traffic (Third Party Risks) (Visiting Motorists) Regulations, 1952.

S.I. No. 383 of 1952.

ROAD TRAFFIC (THIRD PARTY RISKS) (VISITING MOTORISTS) REGULATIONS, 1952.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers vested in him by Section 80 of the Road Traffic Act, 1933 (No. 11 of 1933) hereby makes the following Regulations :

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Third Party Risks) (Visiting Motorists) Regulations, 1952.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937) shall apply to these Regulations in like manner as it applies to an Act of the Oireachtas.

3. In these Regulations—

" the Act " means the Road Traffic Act, 1933 (No. 11 of 1933) ;

" a bureau " means a central organisation set up by motor insurers in any country outside the State for the purpose of giving effect to international agreements for facilitating compliance by visitors with the laws of countries requiring motorists to insure against third party risks, and between whom and the Company there is in force for the time being such an agreement whereby, in particular, the Company agrees to accept in this country on behalf of the bureau the same legal liability in respect of a card as is placed on a vehicle insurer under the Act in respect of a certificate issued by him ;

" card " means a duly completed international motor insurance card issued by a bureau or by the Company in the form set forth in the Schedule hereto ;

" certificate " means a certificate of insurance issued in accordance with section 68 of the Act by a vehicle insurer certifying that an approved policy of insurance has been issued ;

" the Company " means the Irish Visiting Motorists Bureau Limited, incorporated under the Companies Acts 1908 to 1924 and having for the time being its registered office at 11 Dawson Street, Dublin, and

" vehicle " means a mechanically propelled vehicle.

4. For the purposes of Part V of the Act, the Motor Car (International Circulation) Act, 1909, section 12 of the Roads Act, 1920 and any order or regulation made under any of the said enactments, the following provisions shall apply regarding a card in respect of the use of the vehicle referred to in the said card :—

(a) the card shall be deemed to be a certificate issued to the insured named thereon for the period shown thereon as the period of validity in Ireland ;

(b) the Company shall be deemed to be the vehicle insurer which issued the said certificate, and to be competent to act as a vehicle insurer ;

(c) notwithstanding anything contained in section 68 of the Act or the regulations made thereunder, it shall not be necessary to furnish any particulars on a card other than those specified in the form of card set forth in the Schedule hereto.

5.—(1) Section 58 of the Act shall not apply to the Company.

(2) Article 10 and sub-article (1) of Article 13 of the Road Traffic (Third Party Risks) Regulations, 1933 (S.R. & O. 1933, No. 130) shall not apply to a card.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this Thirty-first day of December, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-two.

PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Local Government.

SCHEDULE.

FORM OF INTERNATIONAL MOTOR INSURANCE CARD.

The card, which shall be green in colour, shall be in the following form:—

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INTERNATIONAL MOTOR INSURANCE CARD.

CARTE INTERNATIONALE D'ASSURANCE AUTOMOBILE.

(and language of issuing Country if other than English or French)

PROVIDED BY

MEMBER COMPANY.

(Optional)

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On first entry during the period of validity into any of the countries listed below, one copy of the attached forms must be left at the frontier.

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(1) In each country visited, the Bureau of that country assumes, in respect of the use of the vehicle referred to herein, the liability of an Insurer in accordance with the laws relating to compulsory insurance in that country.

(2) After the date of expiry of this Card, liability is assumed by the Bureau of the country visited, if so required by the law of such country or by any agreement with its Government.

(3) In such case, the within-mentioned Insured undertakes to pay the premium due for the duration of the stay after the date for which the Insurance Card is valid has passed.

(4) I, the within-mentioned Insured, hereby authorise .............................. (the Bureau which provided the Card) and the Bureaux of any mentioned countries, to which it may delegate such powers, to accept service of legal proceedings, to handle and eventually settle, on my behalf, any claim for damages in respect of liability to third parties required to be covered under the compulsory insurance laws of the country or countries specified herein, which may arise from the use of the vehicle in that country (those countries).

*Optional by arrangement between Bureaux.

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* Letters of issuing country

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NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF BUREAUX.

FORM OF DUPLICATE PAGE

*Letters of issuing country.