Right of insurer against unauthorised driver of motor vehicle

Current

If—

(a)

a person uses or operates a motor vehicle without the authority of the owner or without reasonable grounds for believing that he or she had the authority of the owner, and

(b)

a licensed insurer pays any money or incurs any costs (under a third-party policy or under Part 3) in respect of a motor accident arising from that use or operation,

the insurer may recover the money so paid and the costs so incurred from the person as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

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2.16 Right of insurer against unauthorised driver of motor vehicle