{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-2/part-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-2/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/2/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "Requirements relting to Obligatory Front Position Lamps and to Optional Front 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) or (f):\nTwo\n(b) A cycle with less than four wheels and without a sidecar:\nOne\n(c) A solo motor bicycle:\nOne\n(d) A motor bicycle combination with a headlamp on the motor bicycle:\nOne, on the sidecar\n(e) An invalid carriage:\nOne\n(f) A vehicle drawn or propelled by hand:\nOne\n2 Position—\n(a) Longitudinal:\nNo requirement\n(b) Lateral—\n(i) Where two front position lamps are required to be fitted—\n(A) Maximum distance from the side of the vehicle—\n(1) A motor vehicle first used on or after 24th January 1996:\n400 mm\n(2) A trailer manufactured on or after 24th January 1996:\n150 mm\n(3) Any other vehicle manufactured on or after 24th January 1996:\n400 mm\n(4) A motor vehicle first used before 24th January 1996 and any other vehicle manufactured before 24th January 1996:\n300 mm\n(B) Minimum separation distance between front position lamps:\nNo requirement\n(ii) Where one front position lamp is required to be fitted—\n(A) A sidecar forming part of a motor bicycle combination:\nOn the centre-line of the side- car or on the side of the side- car furthest from the motor bicycle\n(B) Any other vehicle:\nOn the centre-line or offside of the vehicle\n(c) Vertical—\n(i) Maximum height above the ground—\n(A) Any vehicle not covered by sub-head (B) or (C):\n1500 mm or, if the structure of the vehicle makes this impractical, 2100 mm\n(B) A motor vehicle, first used on or after 24th January 1996, having a maximum speed not exceeding 25 mph:\n2100 mm\n(C) A bus and a road clearance vehicle:\nNo requirement\n(ii) Minimum height above the ground:\nNo requirement\n3 Angles of visibility—\n(a) A motor vehicle (not being a motor bicycle combination or an agricultural vehicle) first used on or after 24th January 1996 and a trailer manufactured on or after 24th January 1996 —\n(i) Horizontal—\n(A) Where one lamp is required to be fitted:\n80° to the left and to the right\n(B) Where two lamps are required to be fitted:\n80° outwards and 45° inwards (5° inwards in the case of a trailer)\n(ii) Vertical—\n(A) Any case not covered by sub-head (B):\n15° above and below the horizontal\n(B) 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) Any other vehicle:\nVisible to the front\n4 Alignment:\nTo the front\n5 Markings (see also regulation 2(5))—\n(a) A motor vehicle (other than a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination) first used on or after 24th January 1996 and a trailer manufactured on or after 24th January 1996:\nAn approval mark\n(b) A solo motor bicycle and a motor bicycle combination in either case first used on or after 24th January 1996:\nAn approval mark\n(c) Any other vehicle manufactured on or after 24th January 1996:\nAn approval mark or the British Standard mark which is specified in sub-paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of the definition of “British Standard Mark” in paragraph 13.\n(d) Any other vehicle:\nNo requirement\n6 Size of illuminated area:\nNo requirement\n7 Colour:\nWhite or, if incorporated in a headlamp which is capable of emitting only a yellow light, yellow.\n8 Wattage:\nNo requirement\n9 Intensity—\n(a) A front position lamp bearing any of the markings mentioned in paragraph 5:\nNo requirement\n(b) Any other front 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. 2 Pt. I substituted (5.7.2007) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/239), regs. 1(1), 8(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/169/schedule/2/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."
}