# The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, Regulation 19: Application of brakes of trailers

Extent: E+W+S

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 (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—
(a) in compliance with these Regulations, is fitted with brakes which automatically come into operation on the overrun of the trailer; or
(b) ... 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/regulation-19
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