Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 402
Road Traffic
The Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts by Children in Front Seats) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
Made
26th February 2015
Laid before Parliament
2nd March 2015
Coming into force
26th March 2015
The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(1) and (5) of the Road Traffic Act 1988( 1 ).
Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts by Children in Front Seats) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force 28 days after the day they are made.
Amendment of regulations
2.The Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts by Children in Front Seats) Regulations 1993( 2 ) are amended as follows.
3. In sub-paragraph (a)(ii) of paragraph (5) of regulation 2 (general interpretation) after “Regulations”, insert “or marked in accordance with paragraphs 4, 5.4 and 5.6 of Regulation Number 129 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations on uniform provisions concerning the approval of enhanced Child Restraint Systems used on board of motor vehicles( 3 )”.
4. In paragraph (1) of regulation 5 (description of seat belts to be worn by children)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “or (b)” substitute “, (b) or (c)”; and
(b) in sub-paragraph (c) after “(a)” insert “or (c)”.
5. In paragraph (2) of regulation 5 (description of seat belts to be worn by children) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—
“ (c) a child restraint with markings required under paragraphs 4, 5.4 and 5.6 of Regulation Number 129 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations on uniform provisions concerning the approval of enhanced Child Restraint Systems used on board of motor vehicles if the markings indicate that it is suitable for his height, weight and age. ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Robert Goodwill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
26th February 2015
1988 c.52 ; sections 15(5) and 195 were amended by the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 1992 ( S.I. 1992/3105 ).
S.I. 1993/31 ; regulation 5(1) was amended by the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts by Children in Front Seats) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 ( S.I.2006/2213 ).
Regulation Number 129 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations on uniform provisions concerning the approval of enhanced Child Restraint Systems used on board of motor vehicles was corrected by Corrigendum 1 and amended by Amendment 1 and Amendment 2.