PART 2Amendment of primary legislation

Amendment of the Road Traffic Act 19882.

(1)

The Road Traffic Act 19882 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 143 (seat belts: adults)—

(a)

in subsection (2)—

(i)

omit paragraph (aa);

(ii)

in paragraph (bb)—

(aa)

for “shall, for the purpose of implementing the seat belt Directive,” substitute “may”;

(bb)

omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

(b)

omit subsection (7).

(3)

In section 154 (restriction on carrying children not wearing seat belts in motor vehicles)—

(a)

omit subsection (5A);

(b)

in subsection (6)—

(i)

in paragraph (b)—

(aa)

for “shall, for the purpose of implementing the seat belt Directive,” substitute “may”;

(bb)

omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

(ii)

omit the words after paragraph (b);

(c)

in subsection (9), omit the definition of “the seat belt Directive”.