Section 9: Interpretation

Civil Liability Act 2018 · 2018 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Whiplash

For the purposes of this Part, in relation to an act mentioned in section 6(2), a regulator listed in the first column is the relevant regulator in relation to the regulated person listed in the corresponding entry in the second column.

A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (1) is subject to negative resolution procedure.

In this Part—

a reference to making a claim against a person includes a reference to notifying a person of the basis of a claim;
a reference to making a payment to a person includes a reference to conferring a benefit on a person or a third party.

In this Part—

  • "benefit" means—

    (a)any benefit, whether or not in money or other property and whether temporary or permanent, and

    (b)any opportunity to obtain a benefit;

  • "claim" includes counter-claim;

  • "whiplash claim" has the meaning given by section 6(6).

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