{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-6.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/6",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Requirements relating to optional front fog lamps",
  "text": "1 Number—\n(a) Any vehicle not covered by sub- paragraph (b):\nNo requirement\n(b) A motor bicycle, other than a motor bicycle or motor bicycle combination, first used on or after 24th January 1996:\nNot more than two\n2 Position—\n(a) Longitudinal:\nNo requirement\n(b) Lateral—\n(i) Where a pair of front fog lamps is used in conditions of seriously reduced visibility in place of the obligatory dipped beam headlamps — Maximum distance from side of vehicle:\n400 mm\n(ii) In all other cases:\nNo requirement\n(c) Vertical—\n(i) Maximum height above the ground—\n(A) Any vehicle not covered by head (B):\n1200 mm\n(B) An agricultural vehicle, a road clearance vehicle, an aerodrome fire tender, an aerodrome runway sweeper, an industrial tractor, engineering plant and a home forces' vehicle:\nNo requirement\n(ii) Minimum height above the ground:\nNo requirement\n3 Angles of visibility:\nNo requirement\n4 Alignment:\nTo the front and so aimed that the upper edge of the beam is, as near as practicable, 3 per cent. below the horizontal when the vehicle is at its kerb- side weight and has a weight of 75 kg on the driver’s seat\n5 Markings—\n(a) A vehicle first used on or after 24th January 1996:\nAn approval mark\n(b) Any other vehicle:\nNo requirement\n6 Size of illuminated area:\nNo requirement\n7 Colour:\nWhite or yellow\n8 Wattage:\nNo requirement\n9 Intensity:\nNo requirement\n10 Electrical connections:\nNo individual requirement\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/6",
    "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."
}