# Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 4: Amendment to regulation 50 (disabilities prescribed in respect of Group 1 licences)


In regulation 50 of the principal Regulations, for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted –
“(1) There is prescribed for the purposes of Article 9(2) of the Order as a relevant disability in relation to an applicant for, or a person who holds, a Group 1 licence, the inability to read in good light (with the aid of glasses or contact lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) –
(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) 12.3 metres, in the case of an application for a licence authorising only the driving of motor vehicles of a class included in category K;
(ii) 20.5 metres, in any other case.
(b) Where the registration mark contains letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 50 millimetres wide, the tests shall be conducted at a distance of –
(i) 12 metres, in the case of an application for a licence authorising only the driving of motor vehicles of a class included in category K;
(ii) 20 metres, in any other case.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/64/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-4
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