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Deregulation Act 2015

Part 5: Off-road motoring events

702.Section 13A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (the “RTA”) provides that a person shall not be guilty of an offence under section 1, 1A, 2 or 3 of the RTA if he shows that he was driving in accordance with an authorisation for a motoring event given under regulations made by the Secretary of State. Paragraph 24 amends section 13A of the RTA by also disapplying section 2B of the RTA (causing death by careless driving) in the case of participants in authorised off-road motor events.

703.The amendment to section 13A of the RTA by Part 5 forms part of the law of England and Wales and Scotland and comes into force at the end of the period of 2 months beginning with the day on which the Act is passed.

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