Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting "motor" in subsection (1) before "accident" ;

(b) by omitting "death of, or bodily injury to," from subsection (2)(a) and substituting "personal injury to" ;

(c) by omitting "an accident" from subsection (2)(a) and substituting "a motor accident" ;

(d) by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsections:

(3)  If –

(a) personal injury, other than death, is caused by a motor vehicle; and

(b) the person suffering that personal injury, in contravention of the Traffic (General and Local) Regulations 1956 , was not wearing a seat belt –

the court must reduce that portion of the damages that is attributable to the failure to wear a seat belt and would otherwise be awarded.

(4)  The amount by which that portion of the damages attributable to the failure to wear a seat belt is to be reduced under subsection (3) is 15% or a higher percentage that the court considers just and equitable having regard to the extent to which the proper use of a seat belt would have lessened the severity of the injury.