{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-4/part-II/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-4/part-II/paragraph-4.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/4/part/II/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Tensile test",
  "text": "Tensile tests shall be made on samples of stampings and pressings taken at random from any consignment. The result of the tensile test shall conform to the following conditions—\nYield Stress— Not less than 231.6 N/mm2.\nUltimate Tensile Stress— Not less than 463.3 N/mm2.\nElongation on 50mm gauge length— Not less than 25%.\nNote— When the gauge length is less than 50mm the required elongation shall be proportionately reduced.\nThe fractured test piece shall be free from piping and other defects (see paragraph 3).",
  "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/4/part/II/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}