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Road Traffic Act 1988

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As published

161 Interpretation.

(1) In this Part of this Act— “ hospital ” means any institution which provides medical or surgical treatment for in-patients, other than— a health service hospital within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . any institution carried on for profit, “policy of insurance” includes a covering note, “salvage” means the preservation of a vessel which is wrecked, stranded or in distress, or the lives of persons belonging to, or the cargo or apparel of, such a vessel, and “under the owner’s control” means, in relation to a vehicle, that it is being driven by the owner or by a servant of the owner in the course of his employment or is otherwise subject to the control of the owner. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) In this Part of this Act, any reference to an accident includes a reference to two or more causally related accidents.

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161 Interpretation.

(1) In this Part of this Act— “ hospital ” means any institution which provides medical or surgical treatment for in-patients, other than— a health service hospital within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . any institution carried on for profit, “policy of insurance” includes a covering note, “salvage” means the preservation of a vessel which is wrecked, stranded or in distress, or the lives of persons belonging to, or the cargo or apparel of, such a vessel, and “under the owner’s control” means, in relation to a vehicle, that it is being driven by the owner or by a servant of the owner in the course of his employment or is otherwise subject to the control of the owner. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) In this Part of this Act, any reference to an accident includes a reference to two or more causally related accidents.

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Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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