Amendment to regulation 57 (minibuses and coaches to be fitted with additional seat belts when used in certain circumstances)
5. In regulation 57 of the principal Regulations after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted –
“(3A) For the purposes of this regulation a rearward-facing seat shall be treated as a forward-facing seat which meets the requirements of this regulation if the coach or minibus concerned was first used on or after 1st September 2002, and the rearward-facing seat complies with the requirements of regulations 54 and 55.”.