Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2004] All ER (D) 86 (May)
Court: Administrative Court
Judge:

Maurice Kay LJ and Rafferty J

Representation Amjad Malik (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the prosecution.
  The defendant appeared in person.
Judgment Dates: 7 May 2004

Catchwords

Road traffic - Motor vehicles - Motor cycles - Protective helmets - Requirement for safety cell vehicles - Motor Cycles (Protective Helmets) Regulations 1998, , reg 4.

The Case

Having regard to Regulation4 of the Motor Cycles (Protective Helmets) Regulations 1998, , even if a defendant was in the safety cell or covered by any safety frame of a motorcycle, he would still be the driver of the motorcycle and subject to the requirement to wear the specified protective headgear.

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