Regulation 2 Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

In the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986^f1, in regulation 110 (mobile telephones), after paragraph (5B) insert—

“(5C)

A person does not contravene a provision of this regulation if, at the time of the alleged contravention—

(a)

that person is using a mobile telephone or other device which is capable of functioning (whether or not it is also capable of functioning in other ways) so as to transmit a spoken message only while a button on the device is pressed at the same time as the person is speaking the message; and

(b)

that person is using the device to transmit a spoken message in the manner described in sub-paragraph (a) or to receive a spoken message—

(i)

on an electronic communications network to which access is controlled by the Secretary of State and which that person is authorised to access; and

(ii)

in the course of performing duties for the police, fire, ambulance or other emergency service.”.