Motor
Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 14) (Jersey) Order 2019
Made 5th July 2019
Coming into
force 12th July 2019
THE MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE makes this Order under
Articles 77 and 84 of the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956[1] –
1 Interpretation
In this Order, “principal Order” means the Motor Vehicles (Construction
and Use) (Jersey) Order 1998[2].
2 Article 48 amended
(1) Article 48 of the principal Order is amended
in accordance with this Article.
(2) For paragraph (5)(a) there is
substituted –
“(a) a goods vehicle first used on or after 1st October 1988 but
before 1st October 2001 and having a maximum gross weight exceeding 3500 kg,
but any such vehicle must be equipped with 2 or 3 anchorage points designed to
hold securely in position seat belts for the driver’s seat and each
forward-facing front seat;
(aa) a goods vehicle first used on or after 1st October 2001 and
having a maximum gross weight exceeding 3500 kg, but any such vehicle must
be equipped with anchorage points which –
(i) are designed to hold securely in position
on the vehicle seat belts for each forward-facing front seat, and
(ii) comply
with the technical and installation requirements of Community Directive 96/38
or ECE Regulation 14.04 or 14.05; or”.
3 Article 49 amended
In Article 49(2) of the principal Order –
(a) for the full-stop at the end of
sub-paragraph (e) there is substituted a semicolon;
(b) after sub-paragraph (e) there is
inserted –
“(f) Article 48(5)(aa) applies shall be fitted with seat belts as
follows –
(i) for the driver’s seat with a 3-point belt
or a lap belt, and
(ii) for
any forward-facing front seat –
(A) a 3-point belt,
(B) a lap belt installed in accordance with paragraph 3.1.2 of
Annex 1 to Community Directive 77/541 (having regard to Articles 4
and 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of 13 July 2009 concerning
type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their
trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor
(OJ L 200 p.1), or
(C) a disabled person’s belt.”.
4 Article 50 amended
In Article 50(1) of the principal Order after “Article 48(5)(a)”
there is inserted “or (5)(aa).
5 Schedule 1 amended
(1) Schedule 1 of the principal Order is
amended in accordance with this Article.
(2) In Table 1, after the last row
beginning “82” there is inserted –
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“83
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96/38
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17.6.96
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L187, 26.7.96, p.95
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Anchorages for motor vehicle safety belts
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76/115 as amended by 81/575, 82/318,
90/629 and 2005/41”
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(3) In Table 2, after the row beginning
“9” there is inserted –
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“9A
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14.03
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14
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30.1.70
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Anchorages for seat belts
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29.1.92
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9B
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14.03
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14
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30.1.70
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Anchorages for seat belts
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29.1.92
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12A
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9C
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14.04
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14
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30.1.70
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Anchorages for seat belts
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18.1.98
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9D
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14.05
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14
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30/1/70
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Anchorages for seat belts
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4.2.99”
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6 Citation and
commencement
This Order may be cited as
the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 14) (Jersey)
Order 2019 and comes into force 7 days after the day it is made.
deputy k.C. lewis of st. saviour
Minister for Infrastructure