PART 4Amendment of Northern Ireland legislation

Amendment of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 19955.

(1)

The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 19957 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 23 (seat belts: adults)—

(a)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

omit sub-paragraph (b);

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (d)—

(aa)

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

(bb)

omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

(b)

omit paragraph (7).

(3)

In Article 24 (restriction on carrying children not wearing seat belts in motor vehicles)—

(a)

omit paragraph (7);

(b)

in paragraph (8)—

(i)

in sub-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 sub-paragraph (b);

(c)

in paragraph 11, omit—

(i)

“; and” at the end of the definition of “seat belt”;

(ii)

the definition of “the seat belt Directive”.