[F1SCHEDULE 3AU.K.ISSUE OF NEW REGISTRATION DOCUMENT FROM 26th OCTOBER 2015

[F2Duty of the insurerU.K.

1.—(1) If an insurer determines that the relevant vehicle for which it provides a policy of insurance has sustained damage such that the repair costs, or the total cost of repair and associated ancillary costs, exceed the pre-accident value of that vehicle or the insurer is required to replace the damaged vehicle with another vehicle under a policy of insurance—

(a)that insurer must notify the Secretary of State whether the relevant vehicle is suitable for repair or not and, if it is suitable for repair and this notification is made on or after 20th February 2018, whether that vehicle sustained any structural damage or not; and

(b)unless that insurer is also the keeper of the relevant vehicle, the insurer must notify the keeper of that vehicle—

(i)of the reason that it has decided not to repair the vehicle;

(ii)if the vehicle is suitable for repair or not; and

(iii)if this notification is made on or after 20th February 2018, whether the vehicle sustained structural damage or not.

(2) Following notification in accordance with paragraph (1)(a), the insurer must destroy the registration document if this is in its possession, unless the vehicle is suitable for repair and has not sustained structural damage.]]