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Motor Accidents Act 1988
3BSpecial provision for trailers
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3B Special provision for trailers
3B Special provision for trailers
A reference in this Act to the use or operation of a motor vehicle extends, in the case of a motor vehicle that is not a trailer, to include the use or operation of a trailer attached to the motor vehicle and a trailer running out of control having become detached from the motor vehicle towing it.
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The purpose of this section is to extend a motor vehicle’s third-party insurance policy so that it will cover a trailer being towed by the vehicle or a trailer that has run out of control while being towed.
s 3B: Ins 1997 No 3, Sch 1 [5].