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1

For subsection (1) of section 97 of the Transport Act 1968 (installation and use of recording equipment) as substituted by paragraph (1) of Regulation 2 (installation and use of recording equipment) of the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 1979 there shall be substituted the following subsection—

1

No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, a vehicle to which this section applies unless there is in the vehicle recording equipment which—

a

has been installed in accordance with the Community Recording Equipment Regulation;

b

complies with Annexes I and II to that Regulation; and

c

is being used as provided by Articles 15 to 17 of that Regulation;

and any person who contravenes this subsection shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

2

In subsection (7) of that section as so substituted, at the end of the definition of “Community Recording Equipment Regulation” there shall be added the words “and the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 1984.”.

3

Paragraphs (2) to (4) of the said Regulation 2 (which are spent) are hereby revoked.