Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts by Adults) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Order 2021

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Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts by Adults) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Order 2021

Made                                                                                                   17th March 2021

Coming into force                                                                           24th March 2021

THE MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE makes this Order under Articles 41 and 84 of the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956[1] –

1        Article 3 (exceptions) amended

In Article 3 of the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts by Adults) (Jersey) Order 2009[2], for paragraph (1)(d) to (f) there is substituted –

“(d)    riding in a motor ambulance (within the meaning given by Article 1(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Jersey) Order 1998[3]) while the person is providing medical attention or treatment to a patient which, due to its nature or the medical situation of the patient, cannot be delayed;

(e)     driving or riding in a vehicle while it is being used for the purposes of the Airport Rescue and Firefighting Service or for the States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service, as each is defined in the Fire and Rescue Service (Jersey) Law 2011[4];

(f)      driving or riding in a vehicle while it is being used for police purposes or for carrying a person in lawful custody, including a person who is being so carried;”.

2        Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts by Adults) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Order 2021 and comes into force 7 days after the day it is made.

Deputy K.C. Lewis of St. Saviour

Minister for Infrastructure




[1]                                     chapter 25.550

[2]                                     chapter 25.550.12

[3]                                     chapter 25.550.08

[4]                                     chapter 23.175


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