Road Traffic Act, 1933

The excepted persons.

66.—(1) In this Part of this Act the expression “excepted persons” means the following persons, that is to say:—

(a) any person claiming in respect of personal injury to himself sustained while he was in or on a mechanically propelled vehicle (other than a public service vehicle) to which the relevant document relates, and

(b) any person claiming in respect of personal injury (including personal injury causing death) to another person where such last-mentioned person would be an excepted person under the next preceding paragraph of this sub-section if he were claiming himself in respect of such personal injury and (where appropriate) such personal injury had not caused his death, and

(c) any person claiming in respect of injury to property sustained while such property was in or on a mechanically propelled vehicle to which the relevant document relates, and

(d) any person claiming in respect of injury to property sustained while such property was owned by or was in the possession, custody, or control of the insured or the principal debtor in the relevant document, and

(e) any persons claiming in respect of injury to any weigh-bridge or to any road or to anything in or below the surface of a road due to the weight of or vibration caused by a mechanically propelled vehicle to which the relevant document relates, and

(f) any person claiming in respect of injury to property due to an explosion of a boiler forming part of a mechanically propelled vehicle to which the relevant document relates or due to sparks or ashes proceeding from any such vehicle, and

(g) any person claiming in respect of an injury to himself or any other person in respect of which he would be entitled to claim against the insured or the principal debtor in the relevant document and be awarded compensation or other relief under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906, or any Act (whether passed before or after this Act) extending or amending that Act.

(2) In this section—

(a) the expression “relevant document” means the approved policy of insurance, approved guarantee, or approved combined policy and guarantee (as the case may be) in relation to which the expression “excepted persons” is used, and

(b) references to injury sustained while in or on a vehicle include injury sustained while entering, getting on to, being put into or on, alighting from, or being taken out of or off such vehicle and injury caused by being thrown out of or off such vehicle.