Horses (Protective Headgear for Young Riders) Regulations 1992
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1992/1201 |
| Year | 1992 |
1992 No. 1201
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Horses (Protective Headgear for Young Riders) Regulations 1992
Made 20th May 1992
Laid before Parliament 21th May 1992
Coming into force 30th June 1992
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the Horses (Protective Headgear for Young Riders) Act 19901(hereinafter “the Act ”), and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 2(2) of the Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Commencement and citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Horses (Protective Headgear for Young Riders) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 30th June 1992.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
(a) a reference to a British Standard means a British Standard mentioned in an item in the Schedule as originally published or as subsequently amended by an Amendment Slip mentioned in that item;
(b) “the Directive” means Council Directive 89/686/EECon the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment2;
(c) “EC mark of conformity” has the same meaning as in the Directive; and
(d) a reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the regulation in which it appears.
Disapplication of section 1 of the Act
3.—(1) Section 1 of the Act shall not apply in relation to a child described in paragraph (2) nor to the riding of horses in the circumstances specified in paragraph (3).
(2) A child referred to in paragraph (1) is a child who is a follower of the Sikh religion while he is wearing a turban.
(3) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a)
(a) the riding is within 30 metres of the high water mark of ordinary spring tides; and
(b)
(b) the horse is being led on a leading rein on foot by the owner of the horse or another person aged 18 years or over who is authorised to do so by the owner; and
(c)
(c) no more than two horses are being led at any one time.
Descriptions of protective headgear
4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), for the purposes of section 1 of the Act the protective headgear to be worn by a child riding a horse on a road, other than a child in relation to whom or in circumstances in relation to which section 1 is disapplied by regulation 3, shall be a helmet which—
(a)
(a) in the case of a helmet manufactured on or after 1st July 1992, bears the EC mark of conformity and satisfies the basic health and safety requirements laid down in Annex II to the Directive for a helmet which is manufactured with the intention that it should be worn by a child riding a horse or a pedal cycle on a road;
(b)
(b) in the case of a helmet manufactured before 1st July 1992—
(i) conforms to a British Standard and bears a marking applied...
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