{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2003/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/166",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendment of Schedule 8 to the principal Regulations (specified requirements for practical or unitary test)",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 8 to the principal Regulations is amended as provided in paragraphs (2) to (4).\n(2) In Part 1, for section A (eyesight) there is substituted—\n“Either—\nread in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle and containing letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 57 millimetres wide at a distance of 20.5 metres, or\nread in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle and containing letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 50 millimetres wide at a distance of 20 metres.”\n(3) In Part 2, for section A (eyesight) there is substituted—\n“Either—\nread in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle and containing letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 57 millimetres wide at a distance of 20.5 metres, or\nread in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle and containing letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 50 millimetres wide at a distance of 20 metres.”\n(4) In Part 5, for paragraph 1 there is substituted—\n“1. Either—\n(a) read in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle and containing letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 57 millimetres wide at a distance of—\n(i) 12.3 metres, in the case of a test conducted in respect of a vehicle included in category K;\n(ii) 20.5 metres, in any other case, or\n(b) read in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle and containing letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 50 millimetres wide at a distance of—\n(i) 12 metres, in the case of a test conducted in respect of a vehicle included in category K;\n(ii) 20 metres, in any other case.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/166/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:33:03.540358+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."
}