seatbelts

[ed209]

What year vehicle were seatbelts a legal and MOT requirement?

[Jim-Willy]

1965 sadly........  I hate them but am going to have to fit them, to my S3 :(

[Pete]

My old 1969 series two didn't have belts fitted, and passed it's M O T every time without them. The present owner still hasn't fitted any, and it's just passed again.

 It depends on when the vehicle in question was fitted with belts as standard, as opposed as extras,
 Pete.

[solihull-mick]

my 64 2a has never had belts fitted, should fit them really, another job to put on the growing list

[J.D.]

I had to fit them to my S3 to get it through the last MOT I did with it. And that was registered '73.

[Bob Ajob]

What year vehicle were seatbelts a legal and MOT requirement?

From here:
http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual/contents.htm

Within Seat Belts under this section:
Seat belt requirements for vehicles first used before 1 April 1987 ( Or in the case of  minibuses, motor caravans and ambulances 1 October 1988)
2. Passenger and dual purpose vehicles with no more than 8 passenger seats
with 4 or more wheels first used on or after 1 January 1965

It does go into (much) more depth, but that is the date there ^^.