Contents (1942 - 15)
Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Act 1942 No 15
Status information

Long title

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act
2 Commencement
3 Application of Act
4 (Repealed)
5 Interpretation
6 Administration
6A Scheme

Part 2 Third parties

Division 1 Insurance

7 Uninsured motor vehicle not to be driven on a public street
8 Conditions relative to registration of motor vehicles, issue of traders’ plates etc
9 Issue of third-party policy
10 Third-party policy
11 (Repealed)
12 Cancellation of third-party policy
13 Appeal against refusal to issue or against cancellation of policy
14 Making of claims—identified motor vehicles
14A Making of claims—unidentified motor vehicles
14B Exclusion of certain claims
14C Service of documents on the GIO
14D Payment of claims
14E Joint hearing of certain proceedings
15, 16 (Repealed)
17 Right of Government Insurance Office against unauthorised drivers
18 Government Insurance Office may take over proceedings etc
19 No contracting out of Act
20 Duties of owner and driver
21 Change of ownership of motor vehicle
22 Change of ownership of trader’s business
23 Offences

Division 2 Payments to hospitals etc

24 Interpretation
25 Payments in respect of certain matters
26 Right of action against insured person by hospital etc
27 Payments by the Government Insurance Office

Division 3 Motor omnibuses

28 (Repealed)

Division 4 Recovery of certain amounts

29–31A (Repealed)
32 Recovery from owner or driver

Part 3 Premiums

33–33E (Repealed)
34 Use of motor vehicle where appropriate amount of insurance premium not paid
35 (Repealed)

Part 3A Awarding of damages

35A Application
35B Discount rate applicable to certain awards of damages
35C Maximum amount of damages for provision of certain services
35D Payment of interest

Part 4 General

36 Facilitation of proof
37 Service of notices etc
38 Owner and driver to give certain information
38A (Repealed)
39 Court to apportion damages
40 Offences
41 General penalty
42 Conviction not to affect civil remedy
43, 44 (Repealed)
45 Regulations
46 (Repealed)

 Schedule 1 (Repealed)

Historical notes