The Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/242
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on the twenty-first day after the day on which they are made.

Section 2 Amendment of Regulations

(1) The Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) Regulations 1993 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 6 (exemptions)—

(a) after paragraph (1)(f) insert—

(fza) a person riding in a motor ambulance (within the meaning given by regulation 3(2) of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 ) while the person is providing medical attention or treatment to a patient which due to its nature or the medical situation of the patient cannot be delayed;

(b) after paragraph (4) add—

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(fza) “patient” has the same meaning as in the National Health Service Act 2006 .