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My question is related to my old 1965 SWB landrover I've restored.
It's mainly used at the beach as a bit of fun, it has no seat belts (stock), bench seat/ squabs in the front, and sideways facing seats in the rear tray over the rear wheel arches, with no seat belts (stock).
It has three different stock roof options that I swap around depending on what I'm doing. These are a station-wagon roof, a pickup roof and no roof at all, these are all standard 1965 landrover items. On the registration its a pickup, however most of the time it has no roof on it at all with the windscreen folded down on the bonnet.
My question is the legality around people riding on the rear seats (the stock sideways ones on the rear tray). The seat belt rule can't apply, as it has none, and doesn't legally need them. Also the rules change depending on the roof I fit? For example, if I have the pickup cab on are people allowed to still ride in the tray? If it has no roof can people ride in the tray?

Hope you can help clear this up for me.
Cheers,

Hi there,
The rules are not dependant on roof combination, as the vehicle is not required to have rear seatbelts it applies to all situations. If it has a factory seating position, it can be used in all situations.