14Recovery of payment for emergency treatment

##### 14. Recovery of payment for emergency treatment Where the Commission has made any payment for emergency treatment as mentioned in section 12 in respect of bodily injury (fatal or otherwise) directly caused by, or by the driving of, an uninsured motor vehicle, the Commission may recover from the owner or driver of such uninsured vehicle the amount so paid as a simple contract debt due from such owner or driver. Provided that it shall be a sufficient defence in such action if the defendant establishes to the satisfaction of the court that he is not in any manner responsible in law for the bodily injury which gave rise to such emergency treatment. [Section 14 inserted: No. 31 of 1948 s. 16; amended: No. 51 of 1986 s. 46(2); No. 107 of 1987 s. 14.]