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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-tests-regulations-1981/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1981/1694",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-tests-regulations-1981",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "THE PRESCRIBED STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR VEHICLES IN CLASS VI",
  "text": "(a) The requirements specified in items 2 to 4, 7 to 13, 16 to 20, 22, 24 to 27B, 28 to 28XG, and 28XJ to 33 in paragraphs 1 to 4 above.\n(b) The requirements contained in the following provisions of the Construction and Use Regulations:—\nItem No.\nRegulations\nAffecting\n...\n...\n...\n35\n60\nRadio Interference Suppression\n36\n62\nClosets, etc\n37\n100(1) (insofar as it relates to the question whether the particulars opposite are fitted or, as the case may be, maintained so that no danger is likely to be caused)\nSpare wheel carrier, means of coupling trailers, chassis, wiring, engine mounting, transmission, battery, shock absorbers, bumpers, doors, seats, driving controls and security of glass in windows and mirrors\n37A\n100(1) (insofar as it relates to the question whether the particulars opposite are fitted or, as the case may be, maintained so that no danger is likely to be caused)\nWheelchair restraining devices\n37B\n100(1) (insofar as it relates to the question whether the particulars opposite are fitted or, as the case may be, maintained so that no danger is likely to be caused)\nFeatures associated with wheelchairs, boarding devices (lifts, ramps), optical devices (to allow the driver to see the boarding area), signs and markings, communication devices, slip resistant surfaces, steps, floors and gangways, kneeling systems, lighting which is intended for wheelchair users to board or alight in safety\n38\n109\nTelevision sets\n(c) For those vehicles certified in accordance with the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 1981, the requirements contained in the following provisions of those Regulations:—\nItem No.\nRegulations\nAffecting\n39\n8\nGuard Rail\n40\n13\nFuel Tanks, Carburettors, etc\n41\n14\nExhaust Pipe\n42\n15\nLuggage Racks\n43\n16\nArtificial Lighting\n44\n17\nElectrical Equipment\n45\n18\nBody\n46\n20\nSteps, Platforms and Stairs\n47\n21\nNumber, Position and Size of Entrances and Exits\n48\n22\nWidth of Exits and Entrances\n49\n23\nDoors\n50\n24\nMarking, Positioning and Operation of Emergency Exits\n51\n25\nAccess to Exits\n52\n28\nSeats\n53\n29\nPassenger Protection\n54\n30\nVentilation\n55\n31\nDriver’s Accommodation\n56\n32\nWindscreens\n57\n33\nPassengers' Communication with Driver\n58\n34\nGeneral Construction\n59\n35\nFire Extinguishing Apparatus\n60\n36\nFirst Aid Equipment\n61\n38\nObstruction of Driver\n62\n39\nBody Maintenance\n63\n44\nCarriage of Inflammable or Dangerous Substances\n(d) For minibuses of a type mentioned in regulation 41 of the Construction and Use Regulations, the following requirements specified in Schedules 6 and 7 to those Regulations:—\nItem No.\n(Schedule 6)\nAffecting\n64\n1\nExhaust Pipes\n65\n2\nDoors\n66\n3\nEmergency Doors\n67\n4\nPower-operated Doors\n68\n5\nLocks, Handles and Hinges of Doors\n69\n6\nView of Doors\n70\n7\nAccess to Doors\n71\n8\nGrab Handles and Hand Rails\n72\n9\nSeats\n73\n10\nElectrical Equipment and Wiring\n74\n11\nFuel Tanks\n75\n12\nLighting of Steps\n76\n13\nGeneral Construction and Maintenance\nItem No.\n(Schedule 7)\nAffecting\n77\nI\nFire Extinguishing Apparatus\n78\nII\nFirst Aid Equipment\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(f) The requirements of the EU Tachographs Regulation insofar as they relate to the installation of recording equipment and the seals to be affixed to such equipment.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 substituted (1.1.1993) by The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2229), reg. 1(1)(c), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 5(a) substituted (20.5.2018) by The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/850), regs. 1, 15(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 5(b) omitted (2.1.1993) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3160), regs. 1, 4(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 5(b) inserted (1.4.2002) by The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/488), regs. 1, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5(e) omitted (20.5.2018) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/850), regs. 1, 15(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 5(f) substituted (26.3.2019) by The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(c)"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:30:17.123448+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."
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