Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 574
Road Traffic
The Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015
Made
4th March 2015
Coming into force
1st April 2015
The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(3) and (5) of the Road Traffic Act 1988( 1 ).
Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act and a draft of this instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 195(4) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Amendment) (No. 2) 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) Regulations 1993( 2 ) are amended as follows.
3. In regulation 2(5)(a)(ii) 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 regulation 8(1)—
(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 regulation 8(2) 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
4th March 2015
1988 c.52 ; sections 15(5) and 195(4) were amended by the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 1992 ( S.I. 1992/3105 ) and section 15(3) was substituted by the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. 2006/1892 ).
S.I. 1993/176 ; regulation 8(1) was amended by the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. 2006/1892 ).
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 Amendments 1 and 2.