S.L. 104.6 Art. 9Disclosure of information.

(1) Where this regulation applies, an injured party or the

Commissioner of Police or the Community Officers Agency may request the information centre to provide to him the information described in subregulation (4) in respect of every vehicle involved in the accident which is normally based in an EEA State.

(2) This regulation applies where -

(a) an accident, caused by or arising out of the use of a vehicle which is normally based in an EEA State, occurs in Malta;

(b) an accident, caused by or arising out of the use of a vehicle, occurs on the territory of -

(i) an EEA State other than Malta, or

(ii) a subscribing State, and that vehicle is normally based in Malta;

(c) an accident, caused by or arising out of the use of a vehicle which is normally based in an EEA State, occurs on the territory of -

(i) an EEA State other than Malta, or

(ii) a subscribing State, and an injured party resides in Malta.

(3) The information centre shall provide the information requested if the request is -

(a) made in writing,

(b) contains sufficient evidence to show it is connected with an accident as is mentioned in subregulation (2), and

(c) contains sufficient information to identify the vehicle in respect of which the information is being sought.

(4) The information which may be requested in respect of a vehicle is -

(a) the name and address of any insurer who has issued a Malta insurance policy or European insurance policy covering the use of that vehicle at the time the accident occurred;

(b) the number of that policy;

(c) the name and address of that insurer’s claims representative in the State of residence of the injured party; and

(d) where the information centre is satisfied that the injured party has a legitimate interest in obtaining that information, the name and address of the registered owner of the vehicle or, where the territory in which the vehicle is normally based is an EEA State other than Malta, the person having custody of the vehicle.

(5) Where an injured party, or the Commissioner of Police or the Community Officers Agency has requested information in respect of a vehicle which may lawfully be used on a road or other public place in Malta without there being in force a Malta insurance policy, the information centre shall provide the injured party, or the Commissioner of Police or the Community Officers Agency, with the name and address of the person or body designated as responsible for compensating injured parties and referred to in subregulation (4)(d).

(6) The information centre shall provide information pursuant to this regulation in writing immediately after it receives the request.