Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010

  1. Introductory Text

  2. Transfer of rights to third parties

    1. 1.Rights against insurer of insolvent person etc

    2. 2.Establishing liability in England and Wales and Northern Ireland

    3. 3.Establishing liability in Scotland

  3. Relevant persons

    1. 4.Individuals

    2. 5.Individuals who die insolvent

    3. 6.Corporate bodies etc

    4. 6A.Corporate bodies etc that are dissolved

    5. 7.Scottish trusts

  4. Transferred rights: supplemental

    1. 8.Limit on rights transferred

    2. 9.Conditions affecting transferred rights

    3. 10.Insurer's right of set off

  5. Provision of information etc

    1. 11.Information and disclosure for third parties

  6. Enforcement of transferred rights

    1. 12.Limitation and prescription

    2. 13.Jurisdiction within the United Kingdom

  7. Enforcement of insured's liability

    1. 14.Effect of transfer on insured's liability

  8. Application of Act

    1. 15.Reinsurance

    2. 16.Voluntarily-incurred liabilities

    3. 17.Avoidance

    4. 18.Cases with a foreign element

  9. Supplemental

    1. 19.Power to change the meaning of “relevant person”

    2. 19A.Interpretation

    3. 20.Amendments, transitionals, repeals, etc

    4. 21.Short title, commencement and extent

  10. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE A1

      Administration under relevant sectoral legislation

      1. List of Enactments

        1. Aviation

        2. Energy

        3. Financial Services

        4. Postal Services

        5. Railways

        6. Water and sewerage

    2. SCHEDULE 1

      Information and disclosure for third parties

      1. Notices requesting information

        1. 1.(1) If a person (A) reasonably believes that—

      2. Provision of information where notice given under paragraph 1

        1. 2.(1) A person (R) who receives a notice under paragraph...

      3. Notices requiring disclosure: bodies that have been dissolved

        1. 3.(1) If— (a) a person (P) has started proceedings under...

      4. Disclosure and inspection where notice given under paragraph 3

        1. 4.(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph and to...

      5. Avoidance

        1. 5.A contract of insurance is of no effect in so...

      6. Other rights to information etc

        1. 6.Rights to information, or to inspection of documents, that a...

      7. Interpretation

        1. 7.For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) a person is...

    3. SCHEDULE 2

      Amendments

      1. Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1))

        1. 1.In Article 100 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order...

      2. Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52)

        1. 2.In section 153 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (bankruptcy...

      3. Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21)

        1. 3.In section 165 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (rights...

      4. Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1030)

        1. 4.In paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Cross-Border Insolvency...

      5. Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/115)

        1. 5.In paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Cross-Border Insolvency...

    4. SCHEDULE 3

      Transitory, transitional and saving provisions

      1. Application of this Act

        1. 1.(1) Section 1(1)(a) applies where the insured became a relevant...

      2. Relevant persons

        1. 1A.(1) An individual, company or limited liability partnership not within...

      3. Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scotland) Act 2007

        1. 2.Until the coming into force of section 47(1) of the...

      4. Application of 1930 Acts

        1. 3.Despite its repeal by this Act, the Third Parties (Rights...

      5. 4.Despite its repeal by this Act, the Third Parties (Rights...

      6. Interpretation

        1. 5.In this Schedule “commencement day” means the day on which...

    5. SCHEDULE 4

      Repeals and revocations