4Annual seat belts statement

(1)A school authority must prepare a seat belts statement in respect of each successive period of 1 year beginning with the day on which this section comes into force.

(2)A “seat belts statement” is a statement containing information about the steps which the authority has taken—

(a)to comply with the duty imposed by section 1, and

(b)to promote and to assess the wearing of seat belts by pupils carried by the authority’s dedicated school transport services.

(3)A school authority must publish the seat belts statement—

(a)as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the period mentioned in subsection (1), and

(b)in such manner as the authority considers appropriate.