Motor-Cycles and Auxiliary Bicycles (Special Measures of Control) Amendment Act 2003
MOTOR-CYCLES AND AUXILIARY BICYCLES (SPECIAL
MEASURES OF CONTROL) AMENDMENT ACT 2003
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MOTOR-CYCLES AND AUXILIARY BICYCLES (SPECIAL
MEASURES OF CONTROL) AMENDMENT ACT 2003
[Date of Assent: 2 December 2003]
[Operative Date: 2 December 2003]
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Motor-Cycles and
Auxiliary Bicycles (Special Measures of Control) Act 1953:
Be it enacted by The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate and the House of Assembly of
Bermuda, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Citation
1 This Act, which amends the Motor-Cycles and Auxiliary Bicycles
(Special Measures of Control) Act 1953 ("the principal Act"), may be cited
as the Motor-Cycles and Auxiliary Bicycles (Special Measures of Control)
Amendment Act 2003.
Amendment of section 6 of principal Act
2 Section 6 of the principal Act is amended —
(a) in subsection (3), by deleting the definition of "protective
headgear" and substituting the following —
" "protective headgear" means headgear which —
(a) bears a marking indicating that it complies with any
of the following standards for the time being in
force —
(i) British standard BS 6658:1985,
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(ii) United States Department of Transport standard
FMVSS 218 (DOT sticker) and certified to the
satisfaction of the Minister to comply with that
standard,
(iii) Snell standard M-95, M2000 or L-98 (Snell
serialized label),
(iv) United Nations standard ECE Regulation 22.05
(UN "E" mark); and
(b) is securely fastened to the head of the wearer by
means of straps or other fastening provided on the
headgear for that purpose.";
(b) in subsection (4), by deleting "subsection (3)(a)(i) or (ii)"
and substituting "subsection (3)";
(c) by adding the following as subsections (5) and (6) —
"(5) The Minister may by order published in the
Gazette add to the list of standards specified in
paragraph (a) of the definition of "protective headgear" in
subsection (3).
(6) An order under subsection (5) shall be subject to
the negative resolution procedure.".
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