Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Exceptions

6.—(1) The requirements of regulation 5 shall not apply to—

(a) a person holding a medical certificate;

(b) a person using a vehicle constructed or adapted for the delivery of goods or mail to consumers or addressees, as the case may be, while engaged in making local rounds of deliveries or collections;

(c) a person driving a vehicle while performing a manoeuvre which includes reversing;

(d) a qualified driver (within the meaning given by regulation 8 of the Driving Licences Regulations) who is supervising the holder of a provisional licence (within the meaning of Part II of the Order(1)) while that holder is performing a manoeuvre which includes reversing;

(e) a person by whom, as provided in the Driving Licences Regulations, a test of competence to drive is being conducted and his wearing a seat belt would endanger himself or any other person;

(f) a person driving or riding in a vehicle while it is being used for the purposes of—

(i) the fire brigade,

(ii) the police force,

(iii) the regular armed forces of the Crown, or

(iv) carrying a person in lawful custody (a person who is being so carried being included in this exception);

(g) the driver of a taxi licensed for private hire or public hire while it is being used to carry a passenger for hire;

(h) a person riding in a vehicle, being used under a trade licence, for the purpose of investigating or remedying a mechanical fault in the vehicle;

(j) a disabled person who is wearing a disabled person's belt;

(k) a person riding in a vehicle while it is taking part in a procession organised by or on behalf of the Crown;

(l) a member of the police force;

(m) a governor, medical officer or other officer of a prison whether acting in the course of his duties or not; or

(n) a member of the regular armed forces of the Crown whether on duty or not.

(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1)(k), the requirements of regulation 5 do not apply to a person riding in a vehicle which is taking part in a procession held to mark or commemorate an event if notice in respect of the procession was given in accordance with Article 3 of the Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987(2).

(3) The requirements of regulation 5 shall not apply to—

(a) a person driving a vehicle if the driver's seat is not provided with an adult belt;

(b) a person riding in the front of a vehicle if no adult belt is available for him in the front of the vehicle; or

(c) a person riding in the rear of a vehicle if no adult belt is available for him in the rear of the vehicle.

(4) In this regulation—

“fire brigade” has the meaning assigned to it in Article 2(2) of the Fire Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1984(3);

“licensed for private hire” in relation to a taxi means licensed to carry passengers for hire but not for standing or plying for hire on a road or public place;

“licensed for public hire” in relation to a taxi means licensed to stand or ply for hire on a road or public place;

“police force” has the meaning assigned to it in section 35 of the Police Act (Northern Ireland) 1970(4);

“prison” includes any prison or other institution for the treatment of offenders not being a remand home or training school within the meaning of section 180(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968(5);

“regular armed forces of the Crown” has the meaning assigned to it in section 1(2) of the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975(6);

“taxi” has the same meaning as in Article 79A(8)(7) of the Order.

(1)

Part II was substituted by Sch. 1 to S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3)

(2)

S.I. 1987/463 (N.l. 7); see S.R. 1987 No. 126, Art. 2

(3)

S.l. 1984/1821 (N.l. 11)

(4)

1970 c. 9 (N.I.)

(5)

1968 c. 34 (N.I.)

(6)

1975 c. 75. The definition was substituted by the Armed Forces Act 1976 c. 52 section 20

(7)

Article 79A was inserted by Part II of Sch. 3 to S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3)