Regulation 2 Amendment of the Road Traffic Act 1988

(1)

The Road Traffic Act 1988^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 14^f2 (seat belts: adults)—

(a)

in subsection (2)—

(i)

omit paragraph (aa);

(ii)

in paragraph (bb)—

(aa)

for “shall, for the purpose of implementing the seat belt Directive,” substitute “may”;

(bb)

omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

(b)

omit subsection (7).

(3)

In section 15^f3 (restriction on carrying children not wearing seat belts in motor vehicles)—

(a)

omit subsection (5A);

(b)

in subsection (6)—

(i)

in paragraph (b)—

(aa)

for “shall, for the purpose of implementing the seat belt Directive,” substitute “may”;

(bb)

omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

(ii)

omit the words after paragraph (b);

(c)

in subsection (9), omit the definition of “the seat belt Directive”.

Annotations

f1: 1988 c. 52.
f2: Section 14 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3105) and the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), section 110.
f3: Section 15 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), Schedule 8, the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3105), and the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1892).