{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-16.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/16",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Requirement relating to obligatory and optional warning beacons",
  "text": "The light shown by any one warning beacon shall be displayed not less than 60 nor more than 240 equal times per minute and the intervals between each display of light shall be constant.\n1 Number:\nSufficient to satisfy the requirements of paragraph 3\n2 Position—\nEvery warning beacon shall be so mounted on the vehicle that the centre of the lamp is at a height not less than 380 mm above the ground.\n3 Angles of visibility—\nExcept in the case of a motor vehicle used for police purposes the light shown from at least one beacon (but not necessarily the same beacon) shall be visible from any point at a reasonable distance from the vehicle or any trailer being drawn by it.\n4 Markings:\nNo requirement\n5 Size of illuminated area:\nNo requirement\n6 Colour:\nBlue, amber, green or yellow in accordance with Regulation 13\n7 Wattage:\nNo requirement\n8 Intensity:\nNo requirement\n9 Electrical connections:\nNo requirement\n10 Tell-tale:\nNo requirement\n11 Other requirements—",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 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/schedule/16",
    "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."
}