Inter- pretation.
Applica tion for certificate
of foreign insurance,
Issue of certificate of foreign insutante.
Particulars necesgary
for
certificate of foreign Insurance.
14. In this Part-
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PART III.
*Issuing Authority" means the Hong Kong Automobile
Association;
"motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle brought into this Colony
by a visitor;
"visitor" means a person bringing a motor vehicle into this Colony and making only a temporary stay therein not exceed- ing three months.
15. A visitor who is a holder of a policy of insurance issued outside this Colony in respect of third party risks arising out of the driving by him of a motor vehicle in this Colony may make application to the issuing Authority for a certificate (hereinafter called "a certificate of foreign insurance") in Form F, set out in the Schedule to these regulations.
16. The Issuing Authority may issue a certificate of foreign insurance to any visitor who makes application therefor in the manner prescribed by these regulations.
17. Every such application as aforesaid shall be signed by the person by whom it is made and shall specify the number of application the policy in respect of third party risks held by him, the name and address of the company by which it was issued, the date on which the policy commences and the date on which it expires, and shall also contain a declaration by the applicant that the provisions of the policy with respect to third party risks are effective in relation to the driving of the motor vehicle in this Colony by him or by some other person or persons or classes of persons specified in the declaration.
Signature.
Period of validity.
Effect of certificate
of foreign
insurance.
18. Every certificate of foreign insurance shall be signed by some person duly authorized in that bebalf by the Issuing Authority.
19. The period of validity of a certificate of foreign insurance shall not exceed the unexpired period covered by the policy to which it relates.
20. For the purposes of the Ordinance and of regulation 6 of these regulations, a certificate of foreign insurance shall have effect as if it were a certificate of insurance issued by an insurer and the policy of insurance to which it relates shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of the Ordinance.
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21. The provisions of section g of the Ordinance shall not Applica- apply in relation to any policy of insurance in respect of which
provisions a certificate of foreign insurance has been issued.
of
tion of
Ordinance.
vehicles.
22. A certificate of foreign insurance shall be forthwith re- Disposi- turned by the visitor to the Issuing Authority if the motor vehicle tion af to which it relates is sold or otherwise disposed of or if by reason of his obtaining a new policy or otherwise a new certificate of foreign insurance is issued 10 him during bis stay in this Colony, and if the certificate is not so returned it shall be surrendered to the Issuing Authority by or on behalf of the visitor when the motor vehicle is taken out of this Colony.
33. The Issuing Authority shall keep a record of the follow Records of ing particulars relative to any certificates of foreign insurance Issuing issued by it-
Authority.
(a) the full name and address of the person to whom the certificate is issued and particulars of the persons or classes of persons authorized to drive the motor vehicle; (b) the date on which the policy of insurance to which the certificate relates commences and the date on which it expires;
(c) the date of return of the certificate to the Issuing
Authority:
and the Issuing Authority shall without charge furnish to the Commissioner Police on request any particulars thereof,
24. Any person who contravenes the provisions of regulation Penalties. 3. 4. 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. 17 or 22 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars and to imprisonment for seven days.
SCHEDULE.
(Regulations 3, 5, 6 and 15)
FORM A.
MOTOR VEHICLES INSURANCE (THIRD PARTY RISKS) ORDINANCE, 1951.
Certificate of Insurance,
Certificate No.
Policy No.
T
I.
Name of Policy holder.
2.
Date of the commencement of Insurance.