{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-1989/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-1989/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1796",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Lamps to show a steady light",
  "text": "(1) Save as provided in paragraph (2), no vehicle shall be fitted with a lamp which automatically emits a flashing light.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in respect of–\n(a) a direction indicator;\n(b) a headlamp fitted to an emergency vehicle or a vehicle used for special forces purposes;\n(c) a warning beacon or special warning lamp;\n(d) a lamp or illuminated sign fitted to a vehicle used for police purposes;\n(e) a green warning lamp used as an anti-lock brake indicator; ...\n(f) lamps forming part of a traffic sign;\n(g) a front position lamp capable of emitting a flashing light (whether or not it is also capable of emitting a steady light) which is fitted to—\n(i) a pedal cycle; or\n(ii) a trailer drawn by, or a sidecar attached to, a pedal cycle;\nand which, if it is a lamp which is required to be fitted pursuant to regulation 18, is capable, when emitting a flashing light, of emitting light to the front of the pedal cycle, trailer or sidecar (as the case may be) of an intensity of not less than 4 candelas; or\n(h) a rear position lamp capable of emitting a flashing light (whether or not it is also capable of emitting a steady light) which is fitted to—\n(i) a pedal cycle; or\n(ii) a trailer drawn by, or a sidecar attached to, a pedal cycle;\nand which, if it is a lamp which is required to be fitted pursuant to regulation 18, is capable, when emitting a flashing light, of emitting light to the rear of the pedal cycle, trailer or sidecar (as the case may be) of an intensity of not less than 4 candelas.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 13(2)(b) added (15.4.2011) by The Road Traffic Exemptions (Special Forces) (Variation and Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/935), regs. 1(1), 4(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 13(2) omitted (21.10.2005) by virtue of The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2559), regs. 1, 6(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 13(2)(g)(h) added (21.10.2005) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2559), regs. 1, 6(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 13 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1796/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:36:39.481273+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."
}