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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
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  "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/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "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—\n(a) a locomotive or motor tractor with more than 4 wheels;\n(b) a heavy motor car or motor car first used before 1st October 1938;\n(c) a motor car with an unladen weight not exceeding 1020 kg;\n(d) a motor car which is a passenger vehicle but is not a bus;\n(e) a works truck;\n(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\n(g) a track-laying vehicle.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2004/67",
      "affecting_title": "Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2004/67",
      "affecting_title": "Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/454/schedule/2/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."
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