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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1989

SEAT RELT REGULATIONS ON GOODS VEHICLES TO TAKE EFFECT

THE SEAT BELT LAW WILL BE EXTENDED TO GOODS VEHICLES WITH EFFECT FROM JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR,

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT REMINDED

THE PUBLIC TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE

UNDER THE ROAD TRAFFIC {SAFETY

EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS, ALL

GOODS VEHICLES MANUFACTURED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1989 AND FIRST REGISTERED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1990 WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE FITTED WITH SEAT BELTS.

DRIVERS AND FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS IN SUCH VEHICLES MUST WEAR SEAT BELTS.

THE SAME

REGULATIONS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN EFFECT CONCERNING PRIVATE CARS, TAXIS AND LIGHT BUSES.

A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SITTING IN THE MIDDLE SEAT OF A GOODS VEHICLE AND AGED 15 OR OVER, IS NOT REQUIRED TO WEAR A SEAT BELT.

HOWEVER, IF THERE IS ONLY ONE FRONT ЗБАТ PASSENGER, PASSENGER MUST WEAR A SEAT BELT REGARDLESS OF THE PERSON'S AGE.

THAT

THE FIXED PENALTY FOR DRIVING WITHOUT FASTENING A SEAT BELT IS WHEN THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER UNDER 15 YEARS OLD HAS NOT FASTENED A SEAT BELT. THE FIXED PENALTY IS $140.

$200.

FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS WHO ARE AGED 15 OR OVER AND FAIL TO WEAR A SEAT BELT WILL BE CHARGED BY WAY OF SUMMONS AND BE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF A $5,000 FINE AND. THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR NOVEMBER PUBLISHED

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY

FRIDAY 1 PUBLISHED

THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR NOVEMBER 1989. THE CPL(A) AND CPI (B) (OCT. 84/SEF. 85 = 100) FOR NOVEMBER 1989 WERE 132.7 AND 132.5 RESPECTIVELY, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 9.6 PER CENT AND 9.4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER NOVEMBER

1988.

THESE RATES OF INCREASE WERE LOWER THAN THOSE RECORDED IN THE PRECEDING SIX MONTIIS.

/COMPARING NOVEMBER