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Seat Belts on School Transport (Scotland) Act 2017

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 8 Cited in Amendments 1 Related
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JurisdictionScotland
  • A school authority must ensure that each motor vehicle which the authority provides or arranges to be provided for a dedicated school transport service has a seat belt fitted to each passenger seat.
    • a home-to-school transport service,a school trip transport service.from the pupils' homes to any educational establishment where school education is provided for the pupils by a school authority,from any such establishment to the pupils' homes.(3) A “school trip transport service” is a transport service, other than a home-to-school transport service, provided for the sole purpose of carrying pupils for whom school education is provided by a school authority, for the whole or part of the journey, to or from a place where the pupils receive education or training (including to or from an educational establishment) .(1) In this Act—
    • “motor vehicle” has the meaning given by section 185 of the Road Traffic Act 1988,
    • “passenger seat” means any seat in a motor vehicle other than the driver's seat,
    • “school authority” means—
      • (a) an education authority,
      • (b) the managers of a grant-aided school,
      • (c) the proprietor of an independent school,
    • “seat belt” means a belt of any kind which complies with the requirements of regulations made under section 40 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 and section 41 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 governing the construction, equipment and maintenance of motor vehicles.
    (2) Each of the following terms in this Act has the meaning given by section 135 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980—
    • “education authority”,
    • “educational establishment”,
    • “grant-aided school”,
    • “independent school”,
    • “managers”,
    • “proprietor”,
    • “pupil”,
    • “school education”,
    • “secondary education.”
    (1) A school authority must prepare a seat belts statement in respect of each successive period of 1 year beginning with the day on which this section comes into force.to comply with the duty imposed by section 1, andto promote and to assess the wearing of seat belts by pupils carried by the authority's dedicated school transport services.

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