# The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, Regulation 36: Maintenance of speedometers

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Every instrument for indicating speed fitted to a motor vehicle—
(a) in compliance with the requirements of regulation 35(1) or (3); or
(b) to which regulation 35(2)(h) relates and which is not, under the EU Tachographs Regulation, required to be equipped with the recording equipment mentioned in that paragraph,
shall be kept free from any obstruction which might prevent its being easily read and shall at all material times be maintained in good working order.
(2) In this regulation “all material times” means all times when the motor vehicle is in use on a road except when—
(a) the vehicle is being used on a journey during which, as a result of a defect, the instrument ceased to be in good working order; or
(b) as a result of a defect, the instrument has ceased to be in good working order and steps have been taken to have the vehicle equipped with all reasonable expedition, by means of repairs or replacement, with an instrument which is in good working order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/regulation-36
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