Paragraph 46 Seat belt anchorage points
Save as provided by paragraph (2), this regulation applies to—
every wheeled motor car first used on or after 1st January 1965;
every three-wheeled motor cycle the unladen weight of which exceeds 255 kg and which was first used on or after 1st September 1970; and
every heavy motor car first used on or after 1st October 1988.
This regulation does not apply to—
a goods vehicle (other than a dual-purpose vehicle) which was first used—
before 1st April 1967; or
on or after 1st April 1980 and before 1st October 1988 and has a maximum gross weight exceeding 3500 kg; or
before 1st April 1980 or, if the vehicle is of a model manufactured before 1st October 1979, was first used before 1st April 1982 and in either case, has an unladen weight exceeding 1525 kg;
a bus, being—
a minibus—
if first used before 1st October 1988, constructed or adapted to carry more than twelve passengers; or
if first used on or after 1st October 1988, having a maximum gross weight exceeding 3500 kg; or
a large bus (other than a coach first used on or after 1st October 1988);
an agricultural motor vehicle;
a motor tractor;
a works truck;
an electrically-propelled goods vehicle first used before 1st October 1988;
a pedestrian-controlled vehicle;
a vehicle which has been used on roads outside Great Britain and has been imported into Great Britain, whilst it is being driven from the place where it has arrived in Great Britain to a place of residence of the owner or driver of the vehicle, or from any such place to a place where, by previous arrangement, it will be provided with such anchorage points as are required by this regulation and such seat belts as are required by regulation 47;
a vehicle having a maximum speed not exceeding 16 mph;
a motor cycle equipped with a driver’s seat of a type requiring the driver to sit astride it, and which is constructed or assembled by a person not ordinarily engaged in the trade or business of manufacturing vehicles of that description; or
a locomotive.
A vehicle which was first used before 1st April 1982 shall be equipped with anchorage points which are designed to hold securely in position on the vehicle seat belts for the driver’s seat and specified passenger’s seat (if any).
Save as provided in paragraph (4A) or (4B) a vehicle which is first used on or after 1st April 1982 shall be equipped with anchorage points which—
are designed to hold securely in position on the vehicle seat belts for—
in the case of minibus, motor ambulance or a motor caravan—
if first used before 1st October 1988, the driver’s seat and the specified passenger’s seat (if any); or
if first used on or after 1st October 1988, the driver’s seat and any forward-facing front seat; and
in the case of any other passenger or dual-purpose vehicle, every forward-facing seat constructed or adapted to accommodate one adult;
in every other case, every forward-facing front seat and every non-protected seat, and
comply with the technical and installation requirements of Community Directive 76/115 or 81/575 or 82/318 or ECE Regulation 14 whether or not those instruments apply to the vehicle, so however, that the requirements in those instruments which relate to testing shall not apply.
The requirements specified in paragraph (4) shall not apply to—
a goods vehicle first used on or after 1st October 1988 and having a maximum gross weight exceeding 3500 kg, but any such vehicle shall be equipped with two belt anchorages designed to hold securely in position on the vehicle lap belts for the driver’s seat and each forward-facing front seat; or
a coach equipped with anchorage points which are designed to hold securely in position on the vehicle seat belts for all exposed forward-facing seats and which—
comply with the requirements in paragraph (4)(b); or
in any case where the anchorage points form part of a seat, do not when a forward horizontal force is applied to them become detached from the seat of which they form part before that seat becomes detached from the vehicle.
Instead of complying with the requirements in paragraph (4), a vehicle may comply with Community Directive 76/115 or 81/575 or 82/318 or ECE Regulation 14.
Save as provided in paragraph (5A), a vehicle of a type mentioned in paragraphs (4), (4A) and (4B) which is fitted with anchorage points other than those required by those paragraphs shall comply with the requirements in paragraph (4)(b), or in the case of a coach the requirements in paragraph (4A)(b)(ii), in respect of any additional anchorage points as well as in respect of the anchorage points required by paragraph (4), (4A) or (4B) to be provided.
The requirements in paragraph (5) shall not apply in respect of any additional anchorage points first fitted before 1st April 1986 in the case of a vehicle of a type mentioned in paragraph (4)(a)(i)(A), or before 1st October 1988 in the case of a vehicle of any other type.
In this regulation—
the expressions “exposed forward-facing seat”, “forward-facing seat”, “forward-facing front seat”, “lap belt”, “seat belt” and “specified passenger’s seat” have the same meaning as in regulation 47(8); and
the expression “non-protected seat” means a seat other than a front seat which does not satisfy the requirements of section 4.3.3 of Annex 1 to Community Directive 81/575.