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Paragraph 5

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For the purpose of requirements 4, 9 and 14 in the Table, in determining whether brakes apply to at least half the wheels of a vehicle, not more than one front wheel shall be treated as a wheel to which brakes apply unless the vehicle is—

(a)

a locomotive or motor tractor with more than 4 wheels;

(b)

a heavy motor car or motor car first used before 1st October 1938;

(c)

a motor car with an unladen weight not exceeding 1020 kg;

(d)

a motor car which is a passenger vehicle but is not a bus;

(e)

a works truck;

(f)

a heavy motor car or motor car with more than 3 wheels which is equipped in respect of all its wheels with brakes which are operated by one means of operation; or

(g)

a track-laying vehicle.