Regulation 5 Amendment of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995

(1)

The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 23 (seat belts: adults)—

(a)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

omit sub-paragraph (b);

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (d)—

(aa)

for “shall, for the purpose of implementing the seat belt Directive,” substitute “may”;

(bb)

omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

(b)

omit paragraph (7).

(3)

In Article 24 (restriction on carrying children not wearing seat belts in motor vehicles)—

(a)

omit paragraph (7);

(b)

in paragraph (8)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (b)—

(aa)

for “shall, for the purpose of implementing the seat belt Directive,” substitute “may”;

(bb)

omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

(ii)

omit the words after sub-paragraph (b);

(c)

in paragraph 11, omit—

(i)

“; and” at the end of the definition of “seat belt”;

(ii)

the definition of “the seat belt Directive”.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18); relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10) and S.R. 2007 No. 7. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.