Under section 159 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the police officer shall, during the investigation,…

Section 159 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, as substituted with effect from 1 April 2022, requires the police officer, during the investigation, to prepare an accident information report to facilitate settlement of the claim, in the prescribed form and manner and "within three months", and to submit it to the Claims Tribunal and any other prescribed agency. Under section 166(4) the Claims Tribunal treats this report as an application for compensation, and under section 149(1) the insurer may act on it to designate a settlement officer. Thirty days, six months and one year are not the period in section 159. (The former s.159, on evidence of insurance when applying for authority to use a vehicle, was not retained.)