1. These Regulations may be cited as the Seat Belts on School Transport (Scotland) Act 2017 (Commencement) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 1st August 2018.
2. In these Regulations “the Act” means the Seat Belts on School Transport (Scotland) Act 2017.
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the day appointed for the coming into force of sections 1, 4 and 5 of the Act is 1st August 2018.
(2) In respect of arrangements to provide a home-to-school transport service for pupils for whom secondary education is provided where—
(a)the service is provided under a contract entered into by or on behalf of a school authority before 18th December 2017; and
(b)the contract as constituted before that date does not require that the motor vehicle used to provide the service has a seat belt fitted to each passenger seat,
the day appointed for the coming into force of section 1 of the Act is 1st August 2021.
H YOUSAF
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
13th June 2018