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.