{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-15/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-15/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/454",
  "legislation_title": "Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Marking of wide loads",
  "text": "(a) Subject to sub-paragraph (d), every load carried on a vehicle in circumstances where this paragraph applies shall be fitted on each side and in the prescribed manner, with—\n(i) a prescribed marker in such a position that it is visible from the front of the vehicle, and\n(ii) a prescribed marker in such a position that it is visible from the rear of the vehicle;\n(b) for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a)—\n(i) a marker on a side of the load is fitted in the prescribed manner if at least part of it is within 50mm of a longitudinal plane passing through the point on that side of the load which is furthest from the axis of the vehicle; and\n(ii) a prescribed marker is a marker of the size, shape and colour described in Part II;\n(c) every marker fitted pursuant to this paragraph shall be kept clean and between sunset and sunrise be illuminated by a lamp which renders it readily visible from a reasonable distance and which is so shielded that its light, except as reflected from the marker, is not visible to other persons using the road;\n(d) if the load does not extend beyond the longitudinal plane passing through the extreme projecting point on one side of the vehicle, it shall not be necessary for a marker to be fitted to the load on that side.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/454/schedule/15/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:17:32.000361+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}