On or around Sat, 19 Jun 2004 20:11:07 +0100, "Trevor Appleton"
<trevor@nospam.weather.4dinternet.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>I suppose the question is not really Landy specific, but I just happen to be
>thinking of buying one.
>
>My wife has been told that its illegal for a child under 12 to sit in the
>fron seat of ANY vehicle.
>
not quite true, I suspect. a) you can use a proper child seat and b) the
regulations cover a "small child".
here y'go..., this is the essence. "The act" is the road traffic act...
Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts by Children in Front Seats)
Regulations 1993
(3) In these Regulations :-
'child' means a person under the age of 14 years;
'large child' means a child who is not a small child; and
'small child' means a child who is :-
(a) aged under 12 years; and
(b) under 150 centimetres in height.
(4) In these Regulations, 'adult belt' means a seat belt in respect of which
one or more of the following requirements is satisfied, namely that :-
(a) it is a three-point belt which has been marked in accordance with
regulation 47(7) of the Construction and Use Regulations;
(b) it is a lap belt which has been so marked;
(c) it is a seat belt that falls within regulation 47(4)(c)(i) or (ii)
of those Regulations;
(d) it is a seat belt fitted in a relevant vehicle ('the vehicle in
question') and comprised in a restraint system :-
(i) of a type which has been approved by an authority of another
member State for use by all persons who are either aged 13 years or more or
of 150 centimetres or more in height, and
(ii) in respect of which, by virtue of such approval, the requirements
of the law of another member State corresponding to these Regulations would
be met were it to be worn by persons who are either aged 13 years or more or
of 150 centimetres or more in height when travelling in the vehicle in
question in that State.
(1) For a child of any particular height and weight travelling in a
particular vehicle, the description of seat belt prescribed for the purposes
of section 15(1) of the Act to be worn by him is :-
(a) if he is a small child and the vehicle is a relevant vehicle, a
child restraint of a description specified in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of
paragraph (2);
(b) if he is a small child and the vehicle is not a relevant vehicle,
a child restraint of a description specified in sub-paragraph (a) of
paragraph (2);
(c) if he is a large child, a child restraint of a description
specified in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) or an adult belt.
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