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Paragraph 11

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

Item 17 (interior fittings) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In column 4 at the end there shall be inserted—

  • ““air bag” means a flexible bag fitted to a vehicle and designed to be filled with gas under pressure in order to protect the driver or a front seat passenger in the event of a collision involving the front of the vehicle.”

(3)

In column 5—

(a)

For the second paragraph there shall be substituted—

  • “This item shall not apply to any area inside a vehicle which is not inside the head impact zone for any designated seating position. After 31st December 1999 this exemption shall be of no effect except in relation to a vehicle which is an ambulance or a motor caravan.”

(b)

at the end there shall be added—

  • “Paragraph 1 (in so far as it relates to the surface of an instrument panel) and paragraph 2 shall not apply to a vehicle if—

    1. (a)

      it is not a vehicle which meets the requirements of paragraph 3 or 4 of Schedule 1;

    2. (b)

      it is fitted with air bags for the protection of the driver and the front seat passenger; and

    3. (c)

      those air bags were fitted at the time the vehicle was manufactured.”