Road Traffic (Restriction on Use of Mobile Telephones) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2003

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The Road Traffic (Restriction on Use of Mobile Telephones) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2003

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 25^th day of September, 2003[a] hereby order:-

Restriction on use of telephones.

1. (1) If any person who is driving a motor vehicle on a road holds a telephone in any way while the vehicle is in motion, he shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level 2 of the uniform scale of fines designated by the Uniform Scale of Fines (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1989[b].

Interpretation.

2. In this Ordinance -

"motor vehicle" means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on a road; and

"road" means any road, street, lane, way or place which is a public highway or to which the public have access, and includes any road owned by the States which is not a public highway.

Citation.

3. This Ordinance may be cited as the Road Traffic (Restriction on Use of Mobile Telephones) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2003.

[a]	Article XVIII of Billet d'État No XXI of 2003
[b]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXXI, p.279 (the Scale of Fines was amended byOrdinance No. XXII of 1998).