# The Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1998, Paragraph 11


(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—
(a) it is not a vehicle which meets the requirements of paragraph 3 or 4 of Schedule 1;
(b) it is fitted with air bags for the protection of the driver and the front seat passenger; and
(c) those air bags were fitted at the time the vehicle was manufactured.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1008/schedule/2/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-approval-amendment-regulations-1998/schedule-2/paragraph-11
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