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The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

S.R. 2003/516 · Made 8 December 2003

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ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 8th December 2003

Coming into operation 1st January 2004

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 5(3) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981f1 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department”; Article 5 was substituted by S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3) Schedule 1 and amended by S.R. 1996 No. 426, Schedule 1, paragraph 2

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Motor Vehicle (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule
  5. 5Unitary Test: Categories F, G, H, and K
  6. 1B. Technical control of the vehicle
  7. 2B. Technical control of the vehicle
  8. 3B. Technical control of the vehicle
  9. 4B. Technical control of the vehicle
  10. 1D. Vehicle safety checks
  11. 2D. Vehicle safety checks
  12. 3D. Vehicle safety checks
  13. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2004.

2Amendment of the Motor Vehicle (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

For Part 5 of Schedule 7 to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996f1 (specified requirements for practical or unitary test) there shall be substituted the Part set out in the Schedule.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 8th December 2003.

L.S.

Stanley Duncan

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

5Unitary Test: Categories F, G, H, and K

Read in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle –

(a)

where the registration mark contains letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 57 millimetres wide, the test shall be conducted at a distance of –

(i)

in the case of a unitary test conducted in respect of a vehicle included in category K, 12.3 metres;

(ii)

in any other case, 20.5 metres;

(b)

where the registration mark contains letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 50 millimetres wide, the test shall be conducted at a distance of –

(i)

in the case of a unitary test conducted in respect of a vehicle included in category K, 12 metres,

(ii)

in any other case, 20 metres.

1B. Technical control of the vehicle

Start the engine of the vehicle.

2B. Technical control of the vehicle

Move away straight ahead or at an angle.

3B. Technical control of the vehicle

Turn right-hand and left-hand corners correctly.

4B. Technical control of the vehicle

Stop the vehicle in an emergency and normally and, in the latter case, bring it to a rest in an appropriate part of the road.

1D. Vehicle safety checks

Describe how to perform a check on the condition and safety of one component of the vehicle in which the test is being conducted, chosen at the discretion of the person conducting the test, from the list of components specified in paragraph 3, and conduct an actual check on the condition and safety of a second component, similarly chosen from the list.

2D. Vehicle safety checks

In the case of a disabled driver the requirements specified in paragraph (1) may be carried out by oral examination.

3D. Vehicle safety checks

The list of components is as follows: tyres, steering, brakes, lights, reflectors, direction indicators, audible warning device, the power-assisted braking and steering systems, wheels, wheel nuts, mudguards, tracks, windscreen, windows and wipers, the air pressure in the braking system, air tanks for the braking system, the suspension and the liquids used in the braking system, steering system, engine or elsewhere in the vehicle as a coolant, lubricant, cleaner or otherwise.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 by substituting Part 5 of Schedule 7 and thereby alter the specified matters which may or will be tested in respect of tests for licences for vehicles in each of vehicle categories F, G, H and K. The main change is the inclusion of requirements for a candidate to be able to demonstrate on one occasion, and describe on another, a safety check on a component of the vehicle in respect of which he is seeking a licence.