{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-protective-headgear-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-protective-headgear-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2017/89",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Cycles (Protective Headgear) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-protective-headgear-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Motor Cycles (Protective Headgear) Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Motor Cycles (Protective Headgear) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) In regulation 2 (protective headgear)—\n(a) in paragraph (1) after “motor bicycle” insert “or motor quadricycle”;\n(b) in paragraph (3)—\n(i) after the definition of “motor bicycle” insert—\n““motor quadricycle” means a four-wheeled motor vehicle which—\n(a) has an unladen weight not exceeding 550 kilograms;\n(b) is steered by handlebars; and\n(c) is operated with the driver seated astride a seat which is mounted on the vehicle longitudinally;”.\n(3) In regulation 3(1) (prescribed types of recommended helmet) after “in motor cycles” insert “or motor quadricycles”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1999 No. 170; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2001 No. 147"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph (1) was substituted by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2001 No. 147"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/89/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:52:33.694925+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}