Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2026 · s 10

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s 10Amendment of section 65B

In the RT Act, in section 65B —

(a)

in the section heading, replace “Use of” with “Holding”;

(b)

in subsection (1), delete “and operates any of its communicative or other functions,”;

(c)

after subsection (1A), insert —“(1B) To avoid doubt, for the purposes of subsection (1), a driver who touches with his or her hand a mobile communication device which is secured in a mounting affixed to the vehicle, in the manner intended by the manufacturer of the mounting, does not hold the device.”; and

(d)

in subsection (3), in the definition of “repeat offender”, replace paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) with —“(a)an offence under subsection (1); or

(b)

an offence under section 65B as in force immediately before 1 February 2015,”.