Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1991.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1991.
(2) The Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1991 and these Regulations shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1991.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
"appropriate child restraint" means an approved child restraint which is appropriate to the user by virtue of the weight range indicated on the child restraint;
"belt anchorages" means the parts of the vehicle structure or seat structure, or any other part of the vehicle to which the safety belt assemblies are to be secured;
"child restraint" means a device designed for use by a child of not more than 36 kilograms in weight and which is fitted directly to suitable belt anchorages or is held in place by the restraining action of a safety belt and which is either equipped with an assembly of straps and a securing buckle or uses the straps and buckle assembly of the safety belt so as to have the effect of diminishing the risk of injury to its wearer in the event of a collision or of abrupt vehicle deceleration;
"disabled person's belt" means a safety belt which has been specially designed or adapted for use by a person with a physical handicap or disability and which is intended for use solely by such a person;
"design gross vehicle weight" of a vehicle means the gross weight of the vehicle laden with the heaviest load which it can reasonably carry having regard to the engine capacity, brakes, tyres and general construction of the vehicle and shall, until the contrary is shown, be taken to be the design gross weight of the vehicle specified by the manufacturer or distributor of the vehicle, or where the design gross weight of the vehicle as specified by the manufacturer or distributor is not ascertainable, the design gross weight of the vehicle as specified by an automotive engineer;
"restraint system" means a system combining a seat, fixed to the structure of the vehicle by appropriate means, and a safety belt for which at least one anchorage is located on the seat structure;
"safety belt" means an assembly of straps with a securing buckle, adjusting devices and attachments which is capable of being anchored to a vehicle and is designed to diminish the risk of injury to its wearer, by restraining the wearer's movements in the event of a collision or of abrupt vehicle deceleration;
"the 1978 Regulations" means the Road Traffic (Construction Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 360 of 1978 );
"vehicle" means a mechanically propelled vehicle having at least four wheels and a maximum design speed exceeding 25 kilometres per hour.
PART II FITMENT OF SAFETY BELTS OR RESTRAINT SYSTEMS
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paragraphs: (1) Belt anchorages with which a vehicle is required to be equipped under these Regulations shall be of such minimum number, such size and so located as to comply with the requirements of European Communities Council Directive 76/115/EEC1 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to anchorages for motor-vehicle safety belts in relation to such specifications.
1O.J. No. L24/76 dated 30.1.1976.