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Statutory Instruments
ROAD TRAFFIC
Made
10th June 1988
Laid before Parliament
20th June 1988
Coming into force
11th July 1988
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 33AA of the Road Traffic Act 1972(1), and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 199(2) of the said Act of 1972, hereby makes the following Regulations-
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Cycles (Eye Protectors) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 11th July 1988.
2. For regulation 3 of the Motor Cycles (Eye Protectors) Regulations 1985(2) there shall be substituted the following regulation-
"3. The types of eye protector hereby prescribed as authorised for use by persons driving or riding (otherwise than in a sidecar) on a motor bicycle are-
(a)those which conform to either-
(i)the requirements relating to Grade X in British Standard BS 4110: 1979, or
(ii)the requirements relating to Grades XA, YA or ZA in British Standard BS 4110: 1979 as amended by Amendment No. 1 (AMD 3368), Amendment No. 2 (AMD 4060) and Amendment No. 3 (AMD 4630),
and in either case are marked with the number of the said British Standard, the Grade and the certification mark of the British Standards Institution (whether or not they are required to be so marked by the said British Standard); and
(b)until 1st April 1989, those which fulfil both of the following requirements, that is to say-
(i)they are fitted with lenses that are designed to correct a defect in sight and that do not fly into fragments if fractured, and
(ii)they transmit 50 per cent or more of the light with those lenses fitted; and
(c)on or after 1st April 1989, those which were first used before that date and fulfill the two requirements mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) above.".
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
Peter Bottomley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
10th June 1988
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Motor Cycles (Eye Protectors) Regulations 1985 by prescribing two types of eye protectors as authorised for use by persons driving or riding on motor bicycles, in addition to those prescribed by the 1985 Regulations.
To be within either of the new types an eye protector has to meet various specified requirements. The principal requirement of the first type is that it conforms to the requirements relating to Grade X in British Standard 4110: 1979. The principal requirement of the second type is that it is fitted with lenses designed to correct a defect in sight. On and after 1st April 1989, an eye protector of the second type may not be used unless it was first used before that date.
The British Standard may be obtained from the British Standards Institution at Linford Wood, Milton Keynes, MK14 6LE.
1972 c. 20; section 33AA was inserted by section 57 of the Transport Act 1982 (c. 49).
