The Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts by Children in Rear Seats) Regulations 1989 No. 1219

Vehicles to which section 15(3) of the Act does not apply

4.  The following classes of vehicles are exempt from the prohibition in section 15(3) of the Act, that is to say–

(a) vehicles which are not motor cars within the meaning of section 185 of the Act, and

(b) licensed taxis and licensed hire cars within the meanings given by section 13 of the Transport Act 1985(1) in which (in each case) the rear seats are separated from the driver by a fixed partition.

(1)

1985 c. 67.