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40) could be read to mean that light vans registered before April 1967 require seat belts to meet legal requirements. This is surely not so. We run a large fleet of light vans, and have come up against this interpretation by enforcement officials.
AThe apparent ambiguity arises from the use of the word "vehiclein the news item, though it did make it clear that light goods vehicles registered on or after April 1 1967 are required by law to have front seat belts. A retrospective requirementforthe fitting of seat belts applies only to cars, and not to the goods vehicles not exceeding 30cwt unladen.