ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 15th July 2002. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 . Amendment to regulation 2 (interpretation) 2 In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations, after the definition of “company”, there shall be inserted the following definition— “Motor Insurers' Bureau” means the company referred to in Article 101(1)( b ) of the Order, . Amendments to regulation 8 (keeping of records by companies) 3 1 Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 For paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 1 Every company by whom a policy or security is issued must keep a record of the following particulars relating to that policy or security and which are either contained therein or specified in a certificate of insurance or security issued in respect thereof— a the number of the policy or security; b the name and address of the person to whom the policy or security is issued; c either— i the name of every person whose liability is covered by the policy or security, or ii (where it is not reasonably possible for the company to keep a record of those names) a description of the persons whose liability is covered by the policy or security; d in respect of vehicles the use of which is covered by the policy or security— i the registration number of every vehicle specifically identified by that number in the policy or security (a “specified vehicle”), and ii a description of every other vehicle or class of vehicles which are identified in the policy or security other than by reference to a registration number; e a description of every specified vehicle sufficient to enable it to be identified by a police officer; f the date on which the policy or security comes into force and the date on which it expires; g in the case of a policy, the conditions subject to which the person or persons whose liability is covered will be indemnified by the insurer; and h in the case of a security, the conditions subject to which the undertaking by the giver of the security will be implemented. . 3 For paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs— 4 Records which are required to be kept under paragraph (1) shall be preserved by the company keeping them for a period of seven years commencing on the expiry of the relevant policy or security. 5 Every company, specified body and other person required by this regulation to keep records— a shall furnish, without charge, to the Department or to any superintendent of the Police Service of Northern Ireland upon request any particulars contained in those records; and b may provide copies of those records to the Motor Insurers' Bureau or, if the Bureau so requests, to a subsidiary company nominated by it but where copies are provided they must be provided in electronic form. 6 Where a copy of any record has been provided to the Motor Insurers' Bureau or its nominated subsidiary under paragraph (5)( b ), the Bureau or its subsidiary shall— a in the case of a record which is required to be kept under paragraph (1), preserve that copy record for a period of seven years from the date of expiry of the relevant policy or security, and b furnish, without charge, to the Department or to any superintendent of the Police Service of Northern Ireland upon request any particulars which it holds by virtue of this regulation. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 17th April 2002. Dermot Nesbitt Minister of the Environment