# The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2024, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986


In the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, 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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1084/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-amendment-regulations-2024/regulation-2
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