{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-12/part-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-12/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/12/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "Requirements Relating to Obligatory Stop Lamps and to OptionalStop Lamps to the Extent Specified in Part II",
  "text": "1 Number—\n(a) Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (b) or (c):\nTwo\n(b) A solo motor bicycle, a motor bicycle combination, an invalid carriage and a trailer drawn by a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination:\nOne\n(c) Any other motor vehicle or trailer first used on or after 1st January 1936 and before 24th January 1996:\nOne\n2 Position—\n(a) Longitudinal:\nNo requirement\n(b) Lateral—\n(i) Maximum distance from the side of the vehicle—\n(A) Where two stop lamps are fitted:\nOne on each side of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle\n(B) Where only one stop lamp is fitted:\nOn the centre-line or off side of the vehicle (disregarding any sidecar forming part of a motor bicycle combination) 400 mm\n(ii) Minimum separation distance between two obligatory stop lamps:\n400 mm\n(c) Vertical—\n(i) Maximum height above the ground—\n(A) Any vehicle not covered by sub- head (B):\n1500 mm or, if the structure of the vehicle makes this impracticable, 2100 mm\n(B) A motor vehicle first used before 24th January 1996, a trailer manufactured before that date and a motor vehicle having a maximum speed not exceeding 25 mph:\nNo requirement\n(ii) Minimum height above the ground—\n(A) Any vehicle not covered by sub- head (B):\n350 mm\n(B) A motor vehicle first used before 24th January 1996 and a trailer manufactured before that date:\nNo requirement\n3 Angles of visibility—\n(a) A motor vehicle first used on or after 24th January 1996 and a trailer manufactured on or after that date—\n(i) Horizontal:\n45° to the left and to the right\n(ii) Vertical—\n(A) Except in a case specified in sub- head (B) or (C):\n15° above and below the horizontal\n(B) 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(C) 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) A motor vehicle first used before 24th January 1996 and a trailer manufactured before that date:\nVisible to the rear\n4 Alignment:\nTo the rear\n5 Markings—\n(a) Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (b) or (c):\nAn approval mark\n(b) A motor vehicle first used before 24th January 1996 and a trailer 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 drawn by a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination:\nNo requirement\n6 Size of illuminated area:\nNo requirement\n7 Colour:\nRed\n8 Wattage—\n(a) A stop lamp fitted to a motor vehicle first used before 24th January 1996 or a trailer manufactured before that date and a stop lamp bearing an approval mark:\nNo requirement\n(b) Any other stop lamp:\n15 to 36 watts\n9 Intensity:\nNo requirement\n10 Electrical connections—\n(a) Every stop lamp fitted to—\n(i) a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination first used on or after 24th January 1996 shall be operated by the application of every service brake control provided for the use of the rider;\n(ii) any other motor vehicle, shall be operated by the application of the service braking system;\n(b) Every stop lamp fitted to a trailer drawn by a motor vehicle shall be operated by the application of the service braking system of that motor vehicle.\n11 Tell-tale:\nNo requirement",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/169/schedule/12/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."
}