# The Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Road Traffic Act 1988


(1) The Road Traffic Act 1988 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 14 (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 (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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111175248/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-motor-vehicles-wearing-of-seat-belts-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2018/regulation-2
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