{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-brake-linings-safety-regulations-1999/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-brake-linings-safety-regulations-1999/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2978",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Brake Linings Safety) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-brake-linings-safety-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Exception to regulation 4",
  "text": "Nothing in regulation 4 shall be taken to apply in relation to replacement brake linings for fitting or fitted to a relevant vehicle which was first used before 1st September 1999, provided that the replacement brake linings are not such as to cause the vehicle to contravene the version of the Braking Devices Directive that was applicable to it when it was first used.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "subst (1.8.2004)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/3314",
      "affecting_title": "The Road Vehicles (Brake Linings Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2978/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:16.259955+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."
}