# The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2003, Regulation 8: Amendment of Schedule 8 to the principal Regulations (specified requirements for practical or unitary test)


(1) Schedule 8 to the principal Regulations is amended as provided in paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) In Part 1, for section A (eyesight) there is substituted—
“Either—
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 20.5 metres, or
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 20 metres.”
(3) In Part 2, for section A (eyesight) there is substituted—
“Either—
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 20.5 metres, or
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 20 metres.”
(4) In Part 5, for paragraph 1 there is substituted—
“1. Either—
(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—
(i) 12.3 metres, in the case of a test conducted in respect of a vehicle included in category K;
(ii) 20.5 metres, in any other case, or
(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—
(i) 12 metres, in the case of a test conducted in respect of a vehicle included in category K;
(ii) 20 metres, in any other case.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/166/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2003/regulation-8
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