{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-1989/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-1989/regulation-20.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/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Optional lamps, reflectors, rear markings and devices",
  "text": "Subject to regulation 20A(9), every optional lamp, reflector, rear marking or device fitted to a vehicle, being of a type specified in an item in column 2 of the Table below, shall comply with the provisions shown in column 3 of that Table.\nTABLE\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nItem No.\nType of lamp, reflector, rear marking or device\nProvisions with which compliance is required\n1\nFront position lamp\nSchedule 2, Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n2\nDim-dip device and running lamp\nSchedule 3, Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n3\nDipped-beam headlamp\nSchedule 4, Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n4\nMain-beam headlamp\nSchedule 5, Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n5\nFront fog lamp\nSchedule 6\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n7\nDirection indicator\nSchedule 7, Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n8\nHazard warning signal device\nSchedule 8\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n9\nSide marker lamp\nSchedule 9, Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n10\nRear position lamp\nSchedule 10, Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n11\nRear fog lamp\nSchedule 11, Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n12\nStop lamp\nSchedule 12, Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n13\nEnd-outline marker lamp\nSchedule 13, Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n14\nReversing lamp\nSchedule 14 , Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n15\nWarning beacon\nSchedule 16\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n16\nSide retro reflector\nSchedule 17, Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n17\nRear retro reflector\nSchedule 18, Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n18\nRear marking\nSchedule 19, Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n19\nPedal retro reflector\nSchedule 20, Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n20\nFront retro reflector\nSchedule 21, Part II\nand Parts I of Schedules 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 21 to the extent specified in Parts II of those Schedules.\n21\nDaytime running lamps fitted on or after 20th May 2018\nSchedule 24",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20 substituted (4.1.2010) by The Road Vehicles Lighting and Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3220), regs. 1, 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20 inserted (20.5.2018) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/852), regs. 1, 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20 inserted (20.5.2018) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/852), regs. 1, 5(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 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/20",
    "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."
}