# The Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003, Paragraph 7

Extent: E+W+S

(1) This paragraph applies where—
(a) any relevant vehicle is carrying a load; and
(b) the load has a lateral projection or projections on either side exceeding 305 millimetres in length.
(2) Side markers must be fitted to the lateral projection so that, in respect of each side of the vehicle from which the projection extends, one marker is visible from the front of the vehicle and one marker is visible from the rear of the vehicle.
(3) Each side marker must be fitted so that at least part of it is within 50 millimetres of a longitudinal plane passing through the point on that side of the projection which is furthest from the axis of the vehicle.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1998/schedule/8/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/schedule-8/paragraph-7
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