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1Citation and commencement#
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 8th January 2024.
2Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations#
In regulation 125A of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (mobile telephones)—
(a)in paragraphs (1) to (3) for “paragraph (5)” substitute “paragraphs (5) and (5A)”; and
(b)after paragraph (5) insert—“5A A person does not contravene a provision of this regulation if, at the time of the alleged contravention—a he is using the telephone or other device only to perform a remote controlled parking function of the motor vehicle; andb that telephone or other device only enables the motor vehicle to move where the following conditions are satisfied—i there is continuous activation of the remote control application of the telephone or device by the driver;ii the signal between the motor vehicle and the telephone or the motor vehicle and the device, as the case may be, is maintained; andiii the distance between the motor vehicle and the telephone or the motor vehicle and the device, as the case may be, is not more than 6 metres.”
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