S.I. No. 82/1958:

ROAD TRAFFIC (THIRD PARTY RISKS) (VISITING MOTORISTS) REGULATIONS, 1958

ROAD TRAFFIC (THIRD PARTY RISKS) (VISITING MOTORISTS) REGULATIONS, 1958

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on 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, 1958.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937) shall apply to these Regulations.

3. (1) The Road Traffic (Third Party Risks) (Visiting Motorists) Regulations, 1952 ( S.I. No. 383 of 1952 ) shall be amended by the substitution for the Schedule thereto of the Schedule to these Regulations.

(2) In the form prescribed in the Schedule to these Regulations, the letters EIR are used to indicate the name of the State and the list of letters used to indicate other countries may from time to time be varied.

4. Until the 31st day of December, 1959, the form of card prescribed in the original Schedule to the Road Traffic (Third Party Risks) (Visiting Motorists) Regulations, 1952, may be used instead of the form prescribed in the Schedule hereto.

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

(name and address of issuing bureau.)

MEMBER COMPANY

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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 Motor Insurers' Bureau 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).

(5) Signature of the Insured.

(This Insurance Card is only valid when signed by the Insured.)

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this twenty-ninth day of March, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-eight.

NEIL T. BLANEY,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The regulations provide for the acceptance in this country of a new form of international motor insurance card. The old form, prescribed by the Road Traffic (Third Party Risks) (Visiting Motorists) Regulatious, 1952 ( S.I. No. 383 of 1952 ) will continue to be accepted until the 31st December, 1959.