{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-1989/schedule-17/part-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-1989/schedule-17/part-II.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1796",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-1989",
  "path": "schedule/17/part/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO OPTIONAL SIDE RETRO REFLECTORS",
  "text": "Any number may be fitted and the only requirements in respect of any which are fitted are those specified in paragraphs 7 and 8 of Part I. But, in respect of a vehicle to which paragraph 7(a) applies which is used for the purposes listed in column (1) of the Table, the permitted colours are those listed in column (2).\nTable\nPolice\namber, yellow, blue, white or if within 1 m of the rear of the vehicle it may be red\nScottish Fire and Rescue Service or, in England and Wales, fire and rescue authority\namber, yellow, red\nAmbulance\nThe provision of a response to an emergency at the request of an NHS ambulance service but only in respect of a vehicle which is owned by the service or held by it under a lease or hire agreement\namber, yellow, green, white or if within 1 m of the rear of the vehicle it may be red\nDriver and Vehicle Standards Agency\namber, yellow, silver, white or if within 1 m of the rear of the vehicle it may be red\nTraffic officer\namber, yellow, white or if within 1 m of the rear of the vehicle it may be red.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 17 Pt. 2 substituted (4.1.2010) by The Road Vehicles Lighting and Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3220), regs. 1, 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 17 Pt. 2 substituted (S.) (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/119), art. 1, sch. 2 para. 7(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 17 Pt. 2 inserted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(d), Sch. 9 para. 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 17 Pt. 2 substituted (1.4.2014) by The Driving Standards Agency and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (Merger) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/480), regs. 1, 5(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1796/schedule/17/part/II",
    "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."
}