Acts and Regulations

I-12 - Insurance Act

Section 258
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Demand re accident in New Brunswick
258(1)Where a person is injured or killed in an accident in New Brunswick involving an automobile, that person or his personal representative may serve,
(a) a demand by registered mail on the owner of the automobile, or
(b) a demand by registered mail on the insurer of the owner of the automobile,
requiring the owner or insurer, as the case may be, to state in writing to the person making the demand whether or not that owner has insurance of the type mentioned in section 256 or 257 or either of them, and, where the demand is made under paragraph (a), requiring the owner, if he has such insurance, to state the name of the insurer.
258(2)An owner or insurer who does not, within ten days after receiving a demand made under subsection (1), comply with the demand is guilty of an offence.
1968, c.6, s.256
Limited accident insurance
258(1)Where a person is injured or killed in an accident in New Brunswick involving an automobile, that person or his personal representative may serve,
(a) a demand by registered mail on the owner of the automobile, or
(b) a demand by registered mail on the insurer of the owner of the automobile,
requiring the owner or insurer, as the case may be, to state in writing to the person making the demand whether or not that owner has insurance of the type mentioned in section 256 or 257 or either of them, and, where the demand is made under paragraph (a), requiring the owner, if he has such insurance, to state the name of the insurer.
258(2)An owner or insurer who does not, within ten days after receiving a demand made under subsection (1), comply with the demand is guilty of an offence.
1968, c.6, s.256