Road
Traffic (No. 64) (Jersey) Regulations 2020
Made 14th July 2020
Coming into
force 21st July 2020
THE STATES make these Regulations under the Order in
Council of 26th December 1851[1] and Article 92 of the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956[2] –
1 Interpretation
In these Regulations,
“principal Law” means the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956[3].
2 Article 41 (wearing of seat belts) amended
In Article 41(3) of the
principal Law for “level 1” there is substituted “level 2”.
3 Article 41A (notification to bus passengers of requirement to
wear seat belts) inserted
After Article 41 of the
principal Law there is inserted –
“41A Notification to bus passengers of requirement
to wear seat belts
(a) “bus” means a motor vehicle that –
(i) has at least 4
wheels,
(ii) is constructed or adapted for the carriage
of passengers, and
(iii) has more than 8 seats in addition to the
driver’s seat;
(b) “operator” means the owner of a bus or, if
the bus is in the possession of any other person under an agreement for hire,
hire-purchase, conditional sale, loan or otherwise, that person;
(c) “passenger seat” means any seat other than
the driver’s seat;
(d) “seat belt” means any description of seat
belt prescribed under Article 41 or 42.
(2) The operator of a bus in which any of the
passenger seats are equipped with seat belts must take all reasonable steps to
ensure that every passenger is notified that he or she is required to wear a
seat belt at all times when –
(a) sitting in a seat equipped with a seat
belt; and
(b) the bus is in motion.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), a
passenger must be notified by one or more of the following means –
(a) an official announcement, or an
audio-visual presentation, made when the passenger joins the bus or within a
reasonable time of doing so;
(b) a sign prominently displayed at each
passenger seat equipped with a seat belt.
(4) In paragraph (3)(a), “official
announcement” means an announcement by the driver of the bus, or by a conductor
or courier or person who is a group leader in relation to any group of persons
who are passengers on the bus.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), a
sign that takes the form of a pictorial symbol must show a white figure on a
blue background in the form shown below.
(6) An operator who contravenes paragraph (2)
is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of level 2 on the standard scale.”.
4 Article 42 (restrictions on carrying children not wearing
seat belts in motor vehicles) amended
In Article 42 of the
Law –
(a) paragraph (1)(b) is
deleted;
(b) in paragraph (2) for
“level 1” there is substituted “level 2”;
(c) for paragraph (3)(c)
there is substituted –
“(c) prescribing for the purposes of paragraph
(1) the descriptions of seat belt to be worn by children of any prescribed
description and prescribing any requirements relating to the use of such belts
or the manner in which they are fixed, including requirements relating to other
fixtures or fittings such as airbags.”.
5 Article 43 (medical exemption certificate) amended
For Article 43(1)(a) of
the principal Law there is substituted –
“(a) a medical exemption certificate is –
(i) a certificate
issued by a registered medical practitioner in accordance with the provisions
of this Article to the effect that the registered medical practitioner is
satisfied that it is inadvisable on medical grounds for the person named in the
certificate to wear a seat belt, or
(ii) a certificate to such effect issued by an
authority having power to issue such a certificate under the law of the United
Kingdom or a member State of the European Union.”.
6 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be
cited as the Road Traffic (No. 64) (Jersey) Regulations 2020 and come into
force 7 days after the day they are made.