Section 9: Avoidance of restrictions on the scope of policies covering third party risks.

Where a certificate of insurance has been delivered under the provisions of subsection (4) of section 6 of this Act to the person by whom a policy has been effected so much of the policy as purports to restrict the insurance of the person insured thereby in respect of any of the following matters-(a) the age or physical or mental condition of persons driving the motor vehicle; or
(b) the condition of the motor vehicle; or
(c) the number of persons that the motor vehicle carries; or
(d) the weight or physical characteristics of the goods that the motor vehicle carries; or
(e) the times at which or the areas within which the motor vehicle is used; or
(f) the horsepower or value of the motor vehicle; or
(g) the carrying on the motor vehicle of any particular apparatus; or
(h) the carrying on the motor vehicle of any particular means of identification other than any means of identification required to be carried under the provisions of the Road Traffic Laws,
shall, in respect of such liabilities as are required to be covered by a policy under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 6 of this Act, be of no effect:
Provided that nothing in this section shall require an insurer to pay any sum in respect of the liability of any person otherwise than in or towards the discharge of that liability and any sum paid by an insurer in or towards the discharge of the liability of any person which is covered by the policy by virtue only of this section shall be recoverable by the insurer from that person.