Bryan Slater Director of Education	Distribution
	All Education establishments

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INFORMATION	Title	Mobile Phones and Driving – New Legislation
	Summary of contents	Driving while using a mobile phone became an offence from 1^st December 2003. Norfolk County Council’s existing Corporate Motor Policy states that “Mobile phones should not be used when driving a vehicle. This applies whether the phone is a ‘hands free’ system or not. Instead, the driver should find a suitable place to stop and then make the call or return the call.” Current County Council policy therefore goes beyond the new legislation which is that it is an offence while driving to use a handheld device to: Speak or listen to a mobile phone call Use a device interactively to access any sort of data, including the internet, text or other images Hold a ‘hands free’ phone at any point while driving The Corporate Motor Policy will be reviewed soon in the light of the new legislation and Education employees will be advised of any changes to the policy.
	Associated documents	None
	Date	January 2004
	Effective from	December 2003
	LEA Contact	Paul Commins	(	01603 223470
	E-mail address	paul.commins@norfolk.gov.uk
	Norfolk Self Review reference	7. How well is the school led and managed?
	Document reference	MI 12-04