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1989 Ed.]

Road Traffic (Safety Equipment) Regulations

[CAP. 374

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[Subsidiary]

a taxi, light bus or goods vehicle to which regulation 6 applies, on any road unless he is securely fastened to his seat by means of an approved seat belt.

(2) Subject to regulations 8 and 10, no person shall ride as a passenger in a taxi, light bus or goods vehicle to which regulation 6 applies, on any road, in a forward-facing front seat alongside the driver's seat which is not the specified passenger's seat when the specified passenger's seat is not occupied by another person, unless he is securely fastened to his seat by means of a seat belt which is properly secured to anchorage points other than on the seat.

(3) Subject to regulation 8, no person shall drive a taxi, light bus or goods vehicle to which regulation 6 applies, on any road--

(a) when there is in a forward-facing front seat of that taxi, light bus

or goods vehicle alongside the driver's seat-

(i) a passenger of 2 years of age or less who is not securely fastened to his seat by means of an approved restraining device for a young person; or

(ii) a passenger over 2 years of age but under the age of 15 years who is not securely fastened to his seat by means of a seat belt which is properly secured to anchorage points other than on the seat;

(b) when there is in the specified passenger's seat of that taxi, light bus or goods vehicle a passenger under the age of 15 years who is not securely fastened to his seat by means of an approved seat belt; or (c) when there is any passenger under the age of 15 years in a forward- facing front seat of that taxi, light bus or goods vehicle alongside the driver's seat which is not the specified passenger's seat and the specified passenger's seat is not occupied by another person, unless he is securely fastened to his seat by means of a seat belt which is properly secured to anchorage points other than on the seat, unless such passenger has been exempted under regulation 10 from compliance with subregulation (1) or (2).

(4) Each seat belt in a taxi, light bus or goods vehicle may be used by only one person at a time and where more than one person is using the same seat belt at the same time each such person shall, for the purposes of these regulations, be deemed to be not securely fastened to his seat by means of that seat belt.

(L.N. 37 of 1989)

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Circumstances in which regulations 7 and 7A do not apply

Regulations 7 and 7A shall not apply—

(a) to the driver of a private car, taxi, light bus or goods vehicle, as the case may be, while he is performing a manoeuvre which includes reversing; and

1.