Gavin McCabe
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Recommendations
Recommendations (the sheriff's words)I recommend that the Scottish Ministers and the Secretary of State for Transport urgently review the current regulations with a view to rescinding the present exemption from wearing seat belts as applicable to taxi drivers either it it’s entirety or at least to amend it so that it no longer applies to Hackney or other specially built taxi cabs or to Private Hire Vehicles when they have no passengers in the rear seats.
Under section 28 of the 2016 Act, each recipient of a recommendation must respond within 8 weeks. The 8-week window is counted from the publication date. See how we track responses.
Section 28 responses
Overall status, as assessed by this site: Response pending
No response has been identified on the case landing page yet. The 8-week window has closed without a published response or non-response notice.
About Fatal Accident Inquiries
Fatal Accident Inquiries are held under the 2016 Act before a sheriff. They are mandatory for deaths in custody and at work. The sheriff may make recommendations under s.26(1)(b); recipients must respond within 8 weeks under s.28. See the methodology page for detail.
Data: scotcourts.gov.uk.