{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-10/part-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-10/part-I.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": "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 October 1958:\nOne\n(c) A solo motor bicycle:\nOne\n(d) A cycle with less than four wheels and without a sidecar:\nOne\n(e) A trailer drawn by a 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 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- sub-head (2):\n400 mm\n(2) A motor vehicle first used before 24th January 1996 and any other vehicle manufactured before 24th January 1996:\n800 mm\n(B) Minimum separation distance between a pair of rear position lamps—\n(1) Any vehicle not covered by sub-sub-head (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 24th January 1996 and any other vehicle manufactured before 24th January 1996:\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-head 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-head 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-head (B) or (C):\n1500 mm or, if the superstructure makes this impracticable, 2100 mm\n(B) A bus first used before 24th January 1996:\n1050 mm\n(C) A motor vehicle first used before 24th January 1996 not being a bus, a trailer manufactured before 24th January 1996, 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:\n350 mm\n3 Angles of visibility—\n(a) A motor vehicle, other than a motor bicycle combination, first used on or after 24th January 1996 and a trailer manufactured on or after 24th January 1996—\n(i) Horizontal—\n(A) Where two lamps 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 24th January 1996 and any other vehicle manufactured before 24th January 1996:\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 2(5))—\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 cycle, manufactured before that date:\nNo requirement\n(c) A solo motor bicycle and a motor bicycle combination, in each case first used before 24th January 1996, and a trailer manufactured before 24th January 1996 and drawn by a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination:\nNo requirement\n(d) A cycle, a trailer drawn by a 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 24th January 1996:\nAn approval mark or a British Standard mark\n(e) A cycle, a trailer drawn by a 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 24th January 1996.\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 5:\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",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 10 Pt. I substituted (5.7.2007) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/239), regs. 1(1), 10(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/169/schedule/10/part/I",
    "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."
}