{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-specified-restrictions-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-specified-restrictions-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1998/380",
  "legislation_title": "Motor Vehicles (Specified Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-specified-restrictions-regulations-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Distinguishing mark",
  "text": "The following are prescribed for the purposes of Article 19A(5)(a) of the 1981 Order—\n(a) the distinguishing mark shall be in the form set out in the Schedule; and\n(b) the distinguishing mark shall be displayed in a conspicuous manner on the front and rear of any motor vehicle while it is being driven on a road by a person who is subject to the specified restrictions when driving that vehicle.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in operation at 14.12.1998, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1998/380",
      "affecting_title": "Motor Vehicles (Specified Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2026/126",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Specified Restrictions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/380/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:22:27.258058+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."
}