{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-1989/schedule-10/part-I",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1796",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-1989",
  "path": "schedule/10/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "Requirements relating to obligatory rear position lamps and to optional rear position lamps to the extent specified in part ii",
  "text": "1 Number–\n(a) Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (b), (c), (d), (e), (f ), (g) or (h):\nTwo\n(b) A bus first used before 1st April 1955:\nOne\n(c) A solo motor bicycle:\nOne\n(d) A pedal cycle with less than four wheels and without a sidecar:\nOne\n(e) A trailer drawn by a pedal cycle and a trailer, the overall width of which does not exceed 800 mm, drawn by a solo motor bicycle or by a motor bicycle combination:\nOne\n(f) An invalid carriage having a maximum speed not exceeding 4 mph:\nOne\n(g) A vehicle drawn or propelled by hand:\nOne\n(h) A motor vehicle having three or more wheels and a maximum speed not exceeding 25 mph and a trailer drawn by any such vehicle if, in either case, the structure of the vehicle makes it impracticable to meet all of the relevant requirements of paragraphs 2 and 3 below with two lamps:\nFour\n2 Position–\n(a) Longitudinal:\nAt or near the rear\n(b) Lateral–\n(i) Where two lamps are required to be fitted–\n(A) Maximum distance from the side of the vehicle–\n(1) Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (2):\n400 mm\n(2) A motor vehicle first used before 1st April 1986 and any other vehicle manufactured before 1st October 1985:\n800 mm\n(B) Minimum separation distance between a pair of rear position lamps–\n(1) Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (2):\n500 mm. If the overall width of the vehicle is less than 1400 mm, 400 mm or if less than 800 mm, 300 mm\n(2) A motor vehicle first used before 1st April 1986 and any other vehicle manufactured before 1st October 1985:\nNo requirement\n(ii) Where one lamp is required to be fitted:\nOn the centre-line or off side of the vehicle\n(iii) Where four lamps are required to be fitted–\n(A) Maximum distance from the side of the vehicle–\n(1) One pair of lamps:\nSuch that they satisfy the relevant requirements in sub-paragraph 2(b)(i)(A)\n(2) The other pair of lamps:\nNo requirement\n(B) Minimum separation distance between rear position lamps–\n(1) One pair of lamps:\nSuch that they satisfy the relevant requirements in sub-paragraph 2(b)(i)(B)\n(2) The other pair of lamps:\nNo requirement\n(c) Vertical–\n(i) Maximum height above the ground where one or two rear position lamps are required to be fitted–\n(A) Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (B) or (C):\n1500 mm or, if the structure of the vehicle makes this impracticable, 2100 mm\n(B) A bus first used before 1st April 1986:\nNo requirement\n(C) A motor vehicle first used before 1st April 1986 not being a bus, a trailer manufactured before 1st October 1985, an agricultural vehicle, a horse-drawn vehicle, an industrial tractor and engineering plant:\n2100 mm\n(ii) Maximum height above the ground where four rear position lamps are required to be fitted–\n(A) One pair of lamps:\nSuch that they satisfy the relevant requirements in paragraph 2(c)(i)\n(B) The other pair of lamps:\nNo requirement\n(iii) Minimum height above the ground–\n(A) A vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (B):\n350 mm\n(B) A motor vehicle first used before 1st April 1986 and any other vehicle manufactured before 1st October 1985\nNo requirement\n3 Angles of visibility–\n(a) A motor vehicle, other than a motor bicycle combination, first used on or after 1st April 1986 and a trailer manufactured on or after 1st October 1985–\n(i) Horizontal–\n(A) Where two lamp are required to be fitted:\n45° inwards and 80° outwards\n(B) Where one lamp is required to be fitted:\n80° to the left and to the right\n(C) Where four lamps are required to be fitted–\n(1) The outer pair of lamps:\n0° inwards and 80° outwards\n(2) The inner pair of lamps:\n45° inwards and 80° outwards\n(ii) Vertical–\n(A) Where one or two rear position lamps are required to be fitted–\n(1) Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (2) or (3):\n15° above and below the horizontal\n(2) Where the highest part of the illuminated area of the lamp is less than 1500 mm above the ground:\n15° above and 10° below the horizontal\n(3) Where the highest part of the illuminated area of the lamp is less than 750 mm above the ground:\n15° above and 5° below the horizontal\n(B) Where four rear position lamps are required to be fitted–\n(1) One pair of lamps:\nSuch that they satisfy the relevant requirements in paragraph 3(a)(ii)(A)\n(2) The other pair of lamps:\nVisible to the rear\n(b) A motor vehicle, other than a motor bicycle combination, first used before 1st April 1986 and any other vehicle manufactured before 1st October 1985:\nVisible to the rear\n(c) A vehicle drawn or propelled by hand, a pedal cycle, a horse-drawn vehicle and a motor bicycle combination:\nVisible to the rear\n4 Alignment:\nTo the rear\n5 Markings (see also regulation 3(6))–\n(a) A motor vehicle or a trailer not covered by sub-paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e):\nAn approval mark\n(b) A motor vehicle first used before 1st January 1974 and a trailer, other than a trailer drawn by a pedal cycle, manufactured before that date:\nNo requirement\n(c) A solo motor bicycle and a motor bicycle combination, in each case first used before 1st April 1986, and a trailer manufactured before 1st October 1985 and drawn by a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination:\nNo requirement\n(d) A pedal cycle, a trailer drawn by a pedal cycle, an invalid carriage having a maximum speed not exceeding 4 mph, a horse-drawn vehicle and a vehicle drawn or propelled by hand in each case manufactured before 1st October 1995:\nAn approval mark or a British Standard mark\n(e) A pedal cycle, a trailer drawn by a pedal cycle, an invalid carriage having a maximum speed not exceeding 4 mph, a horse-drawn vehicle and a vehicle drawn or propelled by hand in each case manufactured on or after 1st October 1995.\nAn approval mark or the British Standard mark which is specified in sub-paragraph (c), (d) or (e) of the definition of “British Standard mark”.\n6 Size of illuminated area:\nNo requirement\n7 Colour:\nRed\n8 Wattage:\nNo requirement\n9 Intensity–\n(a) A rear position lamp bearing any of the markings mentioned in paragraph 4:\nNo requirement\n(b) Any other rear position lamp:\nVisible from a reasonable distance\n10 Electrical connections:\nNo individual requirement\n11 Tell-tale:\nNo requirement",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 10 para. 5 added (1.10.1994) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2280), regs. 1(2), 14(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 10 para. 5(a) substituted (1.10.1994) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2280), regs. 1(2), 14(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 10 para. 5(d) added (1.10.1994) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2280), regs. 1(2), 14(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 10 para. 5(e) added (1.10.1994) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2280), regs. 1(2), 14(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 10 Pt. 1 para. 5(e) substituted (21.10.2005) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2559), regs. 1, 11(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 1 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 2 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 3 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 4 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I5",
      "text": "Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 5 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I6",
      "text": "Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 6 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I7",
      "text": "Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 7 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I8",
      "text": "Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 8 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I9",
      "text": "Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 9 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I10",
      "text": "Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 10 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I11",
      "text": "Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 11 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
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