Lap belts or other homologated retention systems

Article 117. Lap belts or other homologated retention systems.
1. Lap belts or other homologated retention systems must be used, correctly fastened, whether travelling in or out of town:
a) By the driver and passengers:
i) Of cars.
ii) Of vehicles with a MAM up to 3,500kg that, keeping the essential characteristics of cars, are for the transport, simultaneous or not, of people and goods.
iii) Of motorcycles and motorcycles with sidecar, mopeds, vehicles of three wheels and quadricycles, when equipped with a protection structure and lap belts which are subject to technical inspection.
b) By the driver and passengers in the front seats of goods vehicles with a MAM not exceeding 3,500kg, and of passenger vehicles having in addition to the driver, more than eight seats, with a MAM not exceeding five tonnes and are required by regulation to have lap belts or arresting systems.
2. It is prohibited to travel with passengers under twelve years old in the front seats, unless they use homologated safety devices (LST Art 11,4).
People over three years old and less than 150cm tall must use a homologated fastening system adapted to their stature and weight or fastened with a lap belt or other homologated fastening system for adults in a back seat of the vehicle. Children under three years, seated in the back, must use a homologated fastening system adapted to their stature and its weight.
The use of lap belts, in the school vehicles, will conform to that established in the specific regulation and, in particular, to the dispositions contained in Royal Decree 443/2001, of 27 of April.
3. Not having lap belts installed in the vehicle is an offence (LST Art 67,2).