# The Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations

Extent: N.I.

In regulation 125A of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (mobile telephones)—
(a) in paragraphs (1) to (3) for “paragraph (5)” substitute “paragraphs (5) and (5A)”; and
(b) after paragraph (5) insert—
“(5A) A person does not contravene a provision of this regulation if, at the time of the alleged contravention—
(a) he is using the telephone or other device only to perform a remote controlled parking function of the motor vehicle; and
(b) that telephone or other device only enables the motor vehicle to move where the following conditions are satisfied—
(i) there is continuous activation of the remote control application of the telephone or device by the driver;
(ii) the signal between the motor vehicle and the telephone or the motor vehicle and the device, as the case may be, is maintained; and
(iii) the distance between the motor vehicle and the telephone or the motor vehicle and the device, as the case may be, is not more than 6 metres.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/191/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/regulation-2
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