# Council Directive of 16 December 1991 relating to the compulsory use of safety belts and child-restraint systems in vehicles (91/671/EEC), Article 6

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Member States may, for transport in their territory, with the Commission's agreement, grant exemptions other than those laid down in Article 5, in order:
to take account of specific physical conditions, or particular circumstances of limited duration,
to allow certain types of occupation to be carried out effectively,
to ensure that the police, security or emergency services can perform their duties properly,
where two child restraints are fitted in the rear of M1 and N1 vehicles and lack of space prevents the fitting of a third, to allow a third child, aged three or over and less than 150 cm in height, to be restrained by means of a safety belt for adults,
to allow children aged three and over to be restrained by means of an adult safety belt, in seats other than the front seats of M1 and N1 vehicles, for occasional transport over a short distance when no child restraint or an insufficient number of child restraints is available in the vehicle,
to take account of the specific conditions of use of M2 and M3 vehicles for local transport in urban and built-up areas, or in which standing is allowed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1991/671/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-671/article-6
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