{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-wearing-of-seat-belts-regulations-1993/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-wearing-of-seat-belts-regulations-1993/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/176",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-wearing-of-seat-belts-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Requirement for adults to wear adult belts",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of these Regulations, every person—\n(a) driving a motor vehicle (other than a two-wheeled motor cycle with or without a sidecar), or\n(b) riding in a front or rear seat of a motor vehicle (other than a two-wheeled motor cycle with or without a sidecar),\nshall wear an adult belt.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person under the age of 14 years.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 5(1) substituted (18.9.2006) by The Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1892), regs. 1(1), 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 2.2.1993, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/176/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:06:05.432093+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."
}