MOTOR VEHICLE (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1943 - SECT 21

MOTOR VEHICLE (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1943 - SECT 21

21 .         Term of policy of insurance extended in certain cases

        (1)         This section applies if a vehicle licence in respect of a motor vehicle is renewed after it has expired.

        (2)         If the vehicle licence is renewed within the period of 15 days after the day on which the vehicle licence expired, the operation of the policy related to the vehicle licence is, despite section 4(8A)(b), extended until the vehicle licence is renewed.

        (3)         In subsection (2) the reference to the policy related to the vehicle licence is a reference to the policy of insurance taken to have been issued under section 4(8A) in respect of the motor vehicle to which the licence applies.

        (4)         If the vehicle licence is not renewed until after the end of the period mentioned in subsection (2), the motor vehicle is an uninsured motor vehicle for the period beginning on the day after the day on which the vehicle licence expired and ending on the day on which the vehicle licence is renewed.

        (5)         Subsection (4) does not affect the amount of the insurance premium that must be paid before the vehicle licence can be renewed.

        [Section 21 inserted: No. 8 of 2016 s. 51.]