{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/169",
  "legislation_title": "Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Lamps to show a steady light",
  "text": "(1) Save as provided in paragraph (2), a vehicle shall not 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;\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 21, is capable, when emitting a flashing light, of emitting light to the front of the pedal cycle, trailer or sidecar 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 21, is capable, when emitting a flashing light, of emitting light to the rear of the pedal cycle, trailer or sidecar of an intensity of not less than 4 candelas. ...\n(i) a warning light.\n(j) a vehicle used by the Driver and Vehicle Agency for enforcement purposes fitted with—\n(i) a lamp which automatically emits a flashing white light to the front,\n(ii) a dot matrix message bar which emits a flashing red light to the front and rear; or\n(k) a vehicle used for fire and rescue authority purposes.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 15(2)(e) omitted (5.7.2007) by virtue of The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/239), regs. 1(1), 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 15(2)(g)(h) inserted (5.7.2007) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/239), regs. 1(1), 5(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 15(2)(i) and word added (24.3.2011) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/49), regs. 1(1), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 15(2)(h) omitted (21.10.2011) by virtue of The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/329), regs. 1(1), 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 15(2)(j)(k) added (21.10.2011) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/329), regs. 1(1), 5(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in operation at 1.7.2000, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/169/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:15:36.082717+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."
}