Part III N.I. Construction and Use of Vehicles and Equipment

General regulation of construction, use, etc. N.I.

[F1 Breach of requirements as to control of vehicle, mobile telephones etc. N.I.

56A.   A person who contravenes a construction and use requirement–

(a) as to not driving a motor vehicle in a position which does not give proper control or a full view of the road and traffic ahead, or not causing or permitting the driving of a motor vehicle by another person in such a position, or

(b) as to not driving or supervising the driving of a motor vehicle while using a hand-held mobile telephone or other hand-held interactive communication device, or not causing or permitting the driving of a motor vehicle by another person using such a telephone or other device,

is guilty of an offence.]

F1 Art. 56A inserted (27.6.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 6(1); S.R. 2007/302, art. 2, Sch.