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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-testing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-3/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/304",
  "legislation_title": "Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-testing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "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 –\nspare wheel carrier;\ntrailer coupling on a motor vehicle;\ncoupling on a trailer;\nthe chassis;\nelectrical wiring and equipment;\nlanding legs;\nengine and transmission mountings;\nfuel tanks and system;\ntransmission shafts and associated equipment;\nexhaust system;\nbattery;\nwheels and hubs;\nsuspension system;\naxles and steering gear;\nshock absorbers;\nbumpers;\nwings;\nthe cab;\nseats ;\nthe body;\ndriver’s controls;\ncab step or step rings;\nglass or other transparent material in windscreen or windows;\ndoors, locks and hinges;\nsupplementary restraint systems;\nelectronic stability control systems.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 6 in operation at 1.8.2003, see reg. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/304/schedule/3/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:02:18.714283+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}