2021 Bill 23

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First Session, 50th General Assembly 70 Elizabeth II, 2021
BILL 23
AN ACT TO AMEND THE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE ACT
Received and Read the First Time................................................................
Second Reading............................................................................................
Committee.....................................................................................................
Third Reading...............................................................................................
Royal Assent.................................................................................................
HONOURABLE SARAH STOODLEY Minister of Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador
Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Automobile Insurance Act to

· remove the requirement that insurers notify the Registrar of Motor Vehicles of the cancellation or expiration of a policy issued by the insurer; and

· require the Superintendent of Insurance and the Facility Association to allow an entity designated by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to access information as determined by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to enable the entity to create a database which the Registrar of Motor Vehicles may access to verify that a vehicle is insured.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE ACT

Analysis

1. S.2 Amdt.
Definitions

2. S.6.01 R&S

Requirement to allow access to information

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cA-22
as amended

1. (1) Subsection 2(1) of the Automobile Insurance Act is amended by adding immediately after paragraph (j) the following:

(j.1) "Plan of Operation" means the Plan of Operation established by the Facility Association in accordance with subsection 98(2) of the Insurance Companies Act;

(2) Subsection 2(1) of the Act is amended by adding immediately after paragraph (l) the following:

(l.01) "registrar" means the Registrar of Motor Vehicles;

(3) Subsection 2(1) of the Act is amended by deleting the word "and" at the end of paragraph (l.1), deleting the period at the end of paragraph (m) and substituting a semi-colon and the word "and" and by adding immediately after that paragraph the following:

(n) "Underwriting Information Plan" means the plan required to be provided and administered by the Facility Association under the Plan of Operation and which enables the collection of data to assist in risk assessment by members of the Facility Association.

2. Section 6.01 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Requirement to allow access to information

6.01 For the purposes of enabling the creation of a database to allow the registrar to verify that a vehicle is insured

(a) the superintendent shall allow an entity designated by the registrar to access the information determined by the registrar from the information collected by the superintendent in accordance with the automobile insurance statistical plan prepared under section 82 of the Insurance Companies Act; and

(b) the Facility Association shall allow an entity designated by the registrar to access the information determined by the registrar from the information collected by the Facility Association in accordance with the Underwriting Information Plan required under the Plan of Operation.