1979-80

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An Act to amend The Vehicles Act (Assented to May 9, 1980) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:

Short title This Act may be cited as The Vehicles Amendment Act, 1980. Rev. Stat. c.V-3

section amended 2(1) Subsection 138(4) of The Vehicles Act is repealed and the following substituted: “

(4) Subject to subsection (5), every person who is a passenger in a vehicle on a public highway, in which a seat belt assembly is provided for the seating position occupied by the passenger, shall wear the complete seat belt assembly in a properly adjusted and securely fastened manner, but, where a seat belt assembly comprises a pelvic restraint and a torso restraint which are not joined, the passenger is required to wear the pelvic restraint only”. (2) Subsection 138(6) of The Vehicles Act is amended: (

a) by striking out: (

i) the fifth and sixth lines; and (ii) “driver” in the seventh line; and substituting “has been provided”; and (

b) by adding after “manner” in the last line the following: “, but, where a seat belt assembly comprises a pelvic restraint and a torso restraint which are not joined, the passenger is required to wear the pelvic restraint only”. UNEDITED REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE QUEEN’S PRINTER