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ROAD AMENDMENT RULES (NO. 2) 2014 (S.R. 2014, NO. 136) - REG 15

Rule 265 amended (Wearing of seatbelts by passengers 16 years old, or older)

Rule 265 of the Principal Rules is amended by inserting the following subrules after subrule (3) :
(4)  Subrule (2)(b) does not apply to a passenger in a bus, minibus, taxi or tow truck who has a child who is less than one year old seated in his or her lap if no suitable approved child restraint is fitted and available for use and if the bus, minibus, taxi or tow truck has 2 or more rows of seats – the passenger is not in the front row of seats.

Note : Approved child restraint is defined in rule 266(7).

(5)  Subrule (3) does not apply to the driver of a correctional vehicle or juvenile justice vehicle if either –
(a) the vehicle has 2 or more rows of seats and the passenger is not in the front row of seats or there is not a seating position available for the passenger in another row of seats; or
(b) the vehicle has a caged, or other secured, area designed for the carriage of passengers and the passenger occupies a seating position in that area.

Note : Correctional vehicle and juvenile justice vehicle are defined in the dictionary.



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