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Paragraph 6 I1

Northern Ireland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

The requirements of this Part, in relation to a vehicle, are that the condition of the vehicle is such that its use on a road would not involve a danger of injury, to any person having regard in particular to items of the following descriptions –

  • spare wheel carrier;

  • trailer coupling on a motor vehicle;

  • coupling on a trailer;

  • the chassis;

  • electrical wiring and equipment;

  • landing legs;

  • engine and transmission mountings;

  • fuel tanks and system;

  • transmission shafts and associated equipment;

  • exhaust system;

  • battery;

  • wheels and hubs;

  • suspension system;

  • axles and steering gear;

  • shock absorbers;

  • bumpers;

  • wings;

  • the cab;

  • F1seats ;

  • the body;

  • driver’s controls;

  • cab step or step rings;

  • glass or other transparent material in windscreen or windows;

  • F2doors, locks and hinges;

    supplementary restraint systems;

    electronic stability control systems.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 3 para. 6 substituted (1.5.2012) by The Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/149), regs. 1, 2(4)(a)

F2

Words in Sch. 3 para. 6 substituted (1.5.2012) by The Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/149), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 3 para. 6 in operation at 1.8.2003, see reg. 2