Statutory Instruments
2018 No. 592
Road Traffic
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
Made
10th May 2018
Laid before Parliament
16th May 2018
Coming into force
11th June 2018
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41(1) and (5) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(“the Act”)( 1 ).
The Secretary of State has consulted representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of the Act and Scottish Ministers in accordance with section 41(2B)( 2 ) of the Act.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 11th June 2018.
Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
2. —(1)The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986( 3 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 110 (mobile telephones) after paragraph (5) insert—
“ (5A) A person does not contravene a provision of this regulation if, at the time of the alleged contravention—
(a) that person is using the mobile telephone or other device only to perform a remote controlled parking function of the motor vehicle; and
(b) that mobile telephone or other device only enables the motor vehicle to move where the following conditions are satisfied—
(i) there is continuous activation of the remote control application of the telephone or device by the driver;
(ii) the signal between the motor vehicle and the telephone or the motor vehicle and the device, as appropriate, is maintained; and
(iii) the distance between the motor vehicle and the telephone or the motor vehicle and the device, as appropriate, is not more than 6 metres. ” .
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
Jesse Norman
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
10th May 2018
1988 c. 52 . Section 41(1) was amended by section 43(6) of the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11) .
Section 41(2B) was amended by section 43(7) of the Scotland Act 2016.
S.I. 1986/1078 ; relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2003/2695 . There are other amendments but none is relevant to this instrument.