Regulation 19 Application of brakes of trailersI1
England, Wales and Scotland
Where a trailer is drawn by a motor vehicle the driver (or in the case of a locomotive one of the persons employed in driving or tending the locomotive) shall be in a position readily to operate any brakes required by these Regulations to be fitted to the trailer as well as the brakes of the motor vehicle unless a person other than the driver F1(or in the case of a locomotive a person other than one of the persons employed in driving or tending the locomotive) is in a position and competent efficiently to apply the brakes of the trailer.
Provided that this regulation shall not apply to a trailer which—
in compliance with these Regulations, is fitted with brakes which automatically come into operation on the overrun of the trailer; or
F2... is a broken down vehicle being drawn, whether or not in consequence of a breakdown, in such a manner that it cannot be steered by its own steering gear.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 19 inserted (2.11.1990) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1981), regs. 1, 12(1)
- F2
Word in reg. 19(b) omitted (2.11.1990) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1981), regs. 1, 12(1)