Section 136: Road accidents

Sentencing Act 2020 · 2020 c. 17View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 7: Financial orders and orders relating to property — CHAPTER 2: Compensation orders

A compensation order may not be made in respect of funeral expenses or bereavement in respect of a death due to a road accident.

A compensation order may be made in respect of injury, loss or damage due to a road accident only if it is in respect of—

loss suffered by a person's dependants in consequence of the person's death,
damage which is treated by section 137 as resulting from an offence under the Theft Act 1968 or Fraud Act 2006, or
uninsured harm.

Where a compensation order is made in respect of injury, loss or damage due to a road accident, the amount to be paid may include an amount representing all or part of any loss of, or reduction in, preferential rates of insurance attributable to the accident.

In this Chapter, “road accident” means an accident arising out of the presence of a motor vehicle on a road.

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