Road Traffic (Motor Cycle Helmets) (Jersey) Order 2004

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Road Traffic (Motor Cycle Helmets) (Jersey) Order 2004

Article

1             Protective helmet to be worn. 3

1A          Exemption. 3

2             Citation. 3

Protective helmet standards  4

Part 1  4

British Standard or equivalent  4

Part 2  4

International standards  4

Table of Legislation History. 6

Table of Renumbered Provisions. 6

Table of Endnote References. 6

Road Traffic (Motor Cycle Helmets) (Jersey) Order 2004[1]

1        Protective helmet to be worn[2]

Subject to Article 1A, a person driving or riding on a motor cycle (otherwise than in a side-car) on a road must wear a protective helmet that –

(a)     complies with a standard set out in the Schedule; and

(b)     is securely fastened to the person’s head by any fastening provided on the helmet for the purpose.

1A     Exemption[3]

The requirement under Article 1 to wear a protective helmet does not apply to a person who, being a follower of the Sikh religion, is wearing a turban.

2        Citation

This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Motor Cycle Helmets) (Jersey) Order 2004.[4]

Schedule[5]

(Article 1(a))

Protective helmet standards

Part 1

British Standard or equivalent

(1)     A protective helmet complies with a standard if it –

(a)     conforms with British Standard 6658:1985 as amended immediately before the date on which this Schedule came into force; and

(b)     is marked with the number of the that Standard and the certification mark of the British Standards Institution.

(2)     A protective helmet also complies with a standard if it complies with a European Economic Area Member State Standard that offers equivalent safety to BS 6658:1985 as amended up to the date on which this Schedule came into force.

Part 2

International standards

(1)     A protective helmet complies with a standard if it complies with ECE Regulation 22.05 or 22.06 including the approval, marking and conformity of production requirements of that Regulation (as applies to ECE Regulation 22.05 or 22.06 as the case may be).

(2)     In this Part –

(a)     “ECE Regulation 22” means Regulation No. 22 set out in Addendum 21 to the UN ECE Agreement;

(b)     “ECE Regulation 22.05” means ECE Regulation 22 as amended by the series of amendments with the designation “05” and including all amendments in force on 30 June 2000;

(c)     “ECE Regulation 22.06” means ECE Regulation 22 as amended by the series of amendments with the designation “06” and including all amendments in force immediately before the date on which this Schedule came into force;

(d)     “the UN ECE Agreement” means the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concluded at Geneva on 20 March 1958 as amended concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for the reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions, to which the United Kingdom is a party by virtue of an instrument of accession dated 14 January 1963 deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations on 15 January 1963.

Endnotes

Table of Legislation History

Table of Renumbered Provisions

Table of Endnote References