Road Traffic Act, 1961

Provisions relating to Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland.

78.—(1) A person shall not carry on mechanically propelled vehicle insurance business within the meaning of section 3 of the Insurance Act, 1936 , unless—

(a) he is a member of the Bureau, or

(b) there is in force an undertaking by him in terms approved of by the Minister that he will deal with third-party claims in respect of mechanically propelled vehicles insured by him on terms similar to those standing agreed from time to time between the Minister and the Bureau in respect of the Bureau.

(2) A person shall not act as a vehicle guarantor unless—

(a) he is a member of the Bureau, or

(b) there is in force an undertaking by him in terms approved of by the Minister that he will deal with third-party claims in respect of mechanically propelled vehicles guaranteed by him on terms similar to those standing agreed from time to time between the Minister and the Bureau in respect of the Bureau.

(3) A person shall not be an exempted person unless there is in force an undertaking by him in terms approved of by the Minister that he will deal with third-party claims in respect of mechanically propelled vehicles owned by him on terms similar to those standing agreed from time to time between the Minister and the Bureau in respect of the Bureau.

(4) The provisions of this section shall have effect notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other Act.

(5) In this section “the Bureau” means the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland.