Regulation 2

the transport on roads of; and

the provision, during such transport, of out-of-hospital clinical care to,sick or injured individuals who require emergency medical treatment;“approved child restraint” means any child restraint of a type approved by the Deputy Commissioner of Police under section 76(1) of the Act;“body-restraining seat belt” means a seat belt designed to provide restraint for both the upper and lower parts of the trunk of the wearer in the event of an accident to the vehicle;“booster seat cushion” means a device designed for a child to sit on in order to raise the height of such child to a level suitable for the proper fit of a seat belt;“business service passenger vehicle” has the meaning given by rule 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5);“child restraint” means a device which is designed to secure a child in a vehicle and to thereby prevent or lessen injury to its user in the event of an accident to the vehicle, and which may either be fitted directly to a suitable anchorage or used in conjunction with an adult seat belt and held in place by the restraining action of that belt;“goods-cum-passengers vehicle” means —

a station wagon constructed for the carriage of 7 passengers or more, excluding the driver, and registered by the owner for the use by him or a member of his family or any person by his authority without consideration for social or domestic purposes or for the owner’s business and excluding the use for instructional purposes for reward;

a panel van; or

a twin-cabin goods vehicle;“heavy goods vehicle” means —

a goods vehicle the maximum laden weight of which exceeds 3.0 metric tonnes, registered using a certificate of entitlement issued before 1st April 1998; or

a goods vehicle the maximum laden weight of which exceeds 3.5 metric tonnes, registered using a certificate of entitlement issued on or after 1st April 1998,but does not include any construction equipment, engineering plant, trivan, recovery vehicle or any vehicle used as a mobile canteen or mobile bank;“lap belt” means a seat belt, anchored at not less than 2 points, which passes across the front of the wearer’s pelvic region and which restrains the lower part of the wearer’s torso;“light goods vehicle” means —

a goods vehicle the maximum laden weight of which does not exceed 3.0 metric tonnes, registered using a certificate of entitlement issued before 1st April 1998; or

a goods vehicle the maximum laden weight of which does not exceed 3.5 metric tonnes, registered using a certificate of entitlement issued on or after 1st April 1998,but does not include any construction equipment, engineering plant, trivan, motor cycle with a side-car attached to it, recovery vehicle and any vehicle used as a mobile canteen or mobile bank;“medical transport vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is equipped to provide non-emergency patient transport services;“non-emergency patient transport services” means transport services for fee or reward that relate solely to the provision of transport on roads of individuals —

whose medical needs have been assessed as requiring patient transport and not being time-critical or acute; and

who may require basic care and observation or clinical care and monitoring during transport;“private hire car” means a motor car which does not ply for hire on any road but is hired under a contract, express or implied, for the use of the motor car as a whole;“registered medical practitioner” means a person registered under the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174) and includes a person deemed to be so registered under section 72(1) of that Act;“seat belt” means a belt installed in a motor vehicle pursuant to the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Seat Belts) Rules (R 15), which belt is intended to be worn by a person in the vehicle and designed to prevent or lessen injury to its wearer in the event of an accident to the vehicle and includes, in the case of a restraining device for a young person such as a child restraint, any special chair to which the belt is attached;“small bus” means a bus which has —

a maximum laden weight of not more than 3,500 kilogrammes; and

a seating capacity for not more than 15 persons (excluding the driver);“station wagon” means a vehicle with folding seats and side doors and either a tail-board or doors opening at the rear, constructed or adapted for the carriage of goods as well as passengers.