{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-21/part-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-21/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/21/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "Requirements Relating to Obligatory Front Retro Reflectors and to Optional Front Retro Reflectors to the Extent Specified in Part II",
  "text": "1 Number:\nTwo\n2 Position—\n(a) Longitudinal:\nNo requirement\n(b) Lateral—\n(i) Maximum distance from the side of the trailer:\n150 mm\n(ii) Minimum separation distance between a pair of front reflectors:\n600 mm or, if the overall width of the trailer is less than 1400 mm, 400 mm\n(c) Vertical—\n(i) Maximum height above the ground:\n900 mm or, if the structure of the trailer makes this impracticable, 1500 mm\n(ii) Minimum height above the ground:\n250 mm\n3 Angles of visibility—\n(a) Horizontal:\n30° outwards and 5° inwards\n(b) Vertical—\n(i) Any case not covered by sub- paragraph (ii):\n10o above and below the horizontal\n(ii) Where the highest point of the reflecting area is less than 750 mm above the ground:\n10o above and 5° below the horizontal\n4 Alignment:\nTo the front\n5 Markings:\nAn approval mark\n6 Size of reflecting area:\nNo requirement\n7 Colour:\nWhite",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 21 Pt. I substituted (21.10.2011) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/329), regs. 1(1), 18(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 21 Pt. I substituted (21.10.2011) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/329), regs. 1(1), 18(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/169/schedule/21/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."
}