{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1999/schedule-8/paragraph-2n4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1999/schedule-8/paragraph-2n4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2864",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1999",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/2n4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "B. Vehicle Safety Checks",
  "text": "In the case of a test for a licence authorising the driving of vehicles in category B + E only, on 5 occasions demonstrate (or at the discretion of the person conducting the test describe how to perform) a check on, at the discretion of the person conducting the test, either—\n(a) the condition and safety of a component of the vehicle or trailer (as relevant) specified in paragraph 3; or\n(b) the condition and safety of one of the following; the body of the trailer, any sheeting used in respect of a load on the trailer, a load itself, anything intended to secure such a load, the trailer’s cabin locking (if any), or its cargo doors (if any); or\n(c) the condition and safety of the trailer coupling mechanism or its brake and electrical connections.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 substituted (1.9.2003) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment)(No. 4) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2003), regs. 1(1)(a), 7, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 substituted (12.1.2004) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3313), regs. 1(1), 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2864/schedule/8/paragraph/2n4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:42:23.500437+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."
}