MOTOR VEHICLE (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1943 - SECT 34

MOTOR VEHICLE (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1943 - SECT 34

34 .         Transitional provision for Motor Vehicle (Catastrophic Injuries) Act 2016

        (1)         In this section —

        commencement day means the day on which the Motor Vehicle (Catastrophic Injuries) Act 2016 sections 48 and 51 come into operation;

        issued means granted or renewed;

        relevant day means the day on which the Motor Vehicle (Catastrophic Injuries) Act 2016 section 5 comes into operation;

        repealed provision means section 4(8) as enacted before the commencement day.

        (2)         If a vehicle licence is issued on or after the commencement day for a period beginning before the relevant day, the repealed provision applies in relation to the issue of the vehicle licence and section 4(8) to (8B) do not apply.

        (3)         This subsection applies if —

            (a)         a vehicle licence that expired before the commencement day has not been renewed before the commencement day; or

            (b)         a vehicle licence expires on or after the commencement day but before the relevant day; or

            (c)         the period for which a vehicle licence was issued began before the relevant day and the vehicle licence expires on or after the relevant day.

        (4)         If subsection (3) applies —

            (a)         section 21(3) does not apply and, in section 21(2), the reference to the policy related to the vehicle licence is to be taken to be a reference to the policy of insurance incorporated in the vehicle licence as required by the repealed provision; and

            (b)         in section 21(2) the reference to section 4(8A)(b) is to be taken to be a reference to paragraph (b) of the repealed provision.

        [Section 34 inserted: No. 8 of 2016 s. 54.]