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Excepts from the Government Document:
"Options for amending domestic motor insurance law in light of the European Court of Justice ruling in the case of Damijan Vnuk".
On 23 June 2016, the EU referendum took place and the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union.
Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU
membership remain in force. During this period the Government will continue to negotiate, implement and apply EU legislation.
(...) This consultation stage impact assessment sets out an analysis of options around extending the scope of compulsory motor insurance
in line with the Directive following the Vnuk judgment. Unusually, it assesses two options which are mutually exclusive; option 2 which
reflects European law as it currently stands in light of the Vnuk judgment (which would involve a significant change to domestic legislation);
and option 3 which reflects European law as Government considers it is likely to look if the Directive is amended in line with proposals put
forward by the Commission (this would increase the scope of which vehicles require motor insurance in which situations, and hence more
victims would have a straightforward route to compensation, but not expand the scope as widely as if implementing the Directive as it stands).
(...) Given the UK?s position as a full Member State of the EU, it is incumbent on the Government to take the necessary steps to comply
with the Directive as soon as possible. So long as the UK?s domestic legislation is out of step with EU law, victims of accidents involving
motor vehicles do not have a route to compensation envisaged in the Directive (as interpreted by the Vnuk judgment); this exposes
Government to risk. That is why we must set in train the preparatory work to amend domestic legislation now rather than waiting for the
Directive to be amended. We want to be in a position to amend our legislation swiftly and smoothly once the Directive has been amended.
"Options for amending domestic motor insurance law in light of the European Court of Justice ruling in the case of Damijan Vnuk".
On 23 June 2016, the EU referendum took place and the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union.
Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU
membership remain in force. During this period the Government will continue to negotiate, implement and apply EU legislation.
(...) This consultation stage impact assessment sets out an analysis of options around extending the scope of compulsory motor insurance
in line with the Directive following the Vnuk judgment. Unusually, it assesses two options which are mutually exclusive; option 2 which
reflects European law as it currently stands in light of the Vnuk judgment (which would involve a significant change to domestic legislation);
and option 3 which reflects European law as Government considers it is likely to look if the Directive is amended in line with proposals put
forward by the Commission (this would increase the scope of which vehicles require motor insurance in which situations, and hence more
victims would have a straightforward route to compensation, but not expand the scope as widely as if implementing the Directive as it stands).
(...) Given the UK?s position as a full Member State of the EU, it is incumbent on the Government to take the necessary steps to comply
with the Directive as soon as possible. So long as the UK?s domestic legislation is out of step with EU law, victims of accidents involving
motor vehicles do not have a route to compensation envisaged in the Directive (as interpreted by the Vnuk judgment); this exposes
Government to risk. That is why we must set in train the preparatory work to amend domestic legislation now rather than waiting for the
Directive to be amended. We want to be in a position to amend our legislation swiftly and smoothly once the Directive has been amended.