Amendment of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995
5.—(1) The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(1) 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”.
S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18); relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10) and S.R. 2007 No. 7. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.