# The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999, Paragraph A: Eyesight


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/1999/2864/schedule/8/paragraph/A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1999/schedule-8/paragraph-A
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