Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 19862

1

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 19863 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 110 (mobile telephones) after paragraph (5) insert—

5A

A person does not contravene a provision of this regulation if, at the time of the alleged contravention—

a

that person is using the mobile telephone or other device only to perform a remote controlled parking function of the motor vehicle; and

b

that mobile telephone or other device only enables the motor vehicle to move where the following conditions are satisfied—

i

there is continuous activation of the remote control application of the telephone or device by the driver;

ii

the signal between the motor vehicle and the telephone or the motor vehicle and the device, as appropriate, is maintained; and

iii

the distance between the motor vehicle and the telephone or the motor vehicle and the device, as appropriate, is not more than 6 metres.