The Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts by Children in Front Seats) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 No. 9

Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts by Children in Front Seats) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

6.  In regulation 7 (exceptions relating to children) for paragraph (1) substitute the following—

“(1) The prohibition in Article 24(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 shall not apply in relation to—

(a) a small child aged 3 years or more who is riding in a bus and is wearing an adult belt if an appropriate seat belt is not available for him in the front or rear of the vehicle;

(b) a child for whom there is a medical certificate;

(c) a disabled child who is wearing a disabled person’s belt.

(1A) The prohibition in Article 24(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 shall not apply to a child riding in a bus—

(a) which is being used to provide a local service in a built-up area, or

(b) which is constructed or adapted for the carriage of standing passengers and on which the operator permits standing.”.