EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Regulation 110 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 (“the 1986 Regulations”) prohibits the use, while driving a motor vehicle, of hand-held mobile telephones or other hand-held devices, when performing an interactive communication function.
This instrument amends regulation 110 of the 1986 Regulations by inserting an additional exemption to provide that a person is not in contravention of that regulation where the hand-held mobile telephone or the hand-held device is being used to perform a remote control parking manoeuvre, in compliance with the requirements as set out in this instrument.
A draft copy of this instrument was notified to the EU Commission for the purposes of the Technical Standards and Regulations Directive (2015/1535/EU; OJ L 241, 17.9.2015, p.1). No comments were made during the three month standstill period.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.
An Explanatory Memorandum for this instrument has been published alongside these Regulations at www.legislation.gov.uk.