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MOTOR ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION ACT 1999 - SECT 81
Duty of insurer with respect to admission or denial of liability
81 Duty of insurer with respect to admission or denial of liability
(1) It is the duty of an insurer to give written notice to the claimant as
expeditiously as possible whether the insurer admits or denies liability for
the claim, but in any event within 3 months after the claimant gave notice of
the claim under section 72.
(2) If the insurer admits liability for only part
of the claim, the notice is to include details sufficient to ascertain the
extent to which liability is admitted.
(3) If the insurer fails to comply
with this section, the insurer is taken to have given notice to the claimant
wholly denying liability for the claim.
(4) Nothing in this section prevents
an insurer from admitting liability after having given notice denying
liability or after having failed to comply with this section.
(5) It is a
condition of an insurer's licence under Part 7.1 that the insurer must comply
with this section.
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