Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) General Regulations 1971
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1971/1117 |
| Year | 1971 |
1971 No. 1117
INSURANCE
The Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) General Regulations 19719thJuly 1971
20thJuly 1971
1stJanuary 1972Regulations 6 and 71stJanuary 1973
The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 1(2) and (3)(a), 2(2), 4(1) and (2) and 6 of the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969(a) (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Commencement, citation and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) General Regulations 1971 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1972, with the exception of Regulations 6 and 7 which shall come into operation on 1st January 1973.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Prohibition of certain conditions in policies of insurance
2.—(1) Any condition in a policy of insurance issued or renewed in accordance with the requirements of the Act after the coming into operation of this Regulation which provides (in whatever terms) that no liability (either generally or in respect of a particular claim) shall arise under the policy, or that any such liability so arising shall cease—
(a) in the event of some specified thing being done or omitted to be done after the happening of the event giving rise to a claim under the policy;
(b) unless the policy holder takes reasonable care to protect his employees against the risk of bodily injury or disease in the course of their employment;
(c) unless the policy holder complies with the requirements of any enactment for the protection of employees against the risk of bodily injury or disease in the course of their employment; and
(d) unless the policy holder keeps specified records or provides the insurer with or makes available to him information therefrom,
is hereby prohibited for the purposes of the Act.
(a) 1969 c. 57.
(b) 1889 c. 63.
(2) Nothing in this Regulation shall be taken as prejudicing any provision in a policy requiring the policy holder to pay to the insurer any sums which the latter may have become liable to pay under the policy and which have been applied to the satisfaction of claims in respect of employees or any costs and expenses incurred in relation to such claims.
Limit of amount of compulsory insurance
3. The amount for which an...
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