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  "legislation_title": "Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
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  "heading": "Unitary Test: Category H",
  "text": "1. Indicate intended actions at appropriate times by giving appropriate signals in a clear and unmistakable manner.\nIn the case of a test taken on a vehicle with a left-hand drive or by a disabled person for whom it is impracticable or undesirable to give signals by arm, there shall be no requirement to give signals which cannot be given by mechanical means.\n2. Act correctly and promptly on all signals given by traffic signs and traffic controllers and take appropriate action in relation to signs given by other road users.\n3. Drive the vehicle backwards and cause it to face in the opposite direction by means of its tracks.",
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