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The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

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Amendment of Schedule 8 to the principal Regulations (specified requirements for practical or unitary test)

8.—(1) Schedule 8 to the principal Regulations is amended as provided in paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In Part 1, for section A (eyesight) there is substituted—

  • Either—

  • read in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle and containing letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 57 millimetres wide at a distance of 20.5 metres, or

  • read in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle and containing letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 50 millimetres wide at a distance of 20 metres.

(3) In Part 2, for section A (eyesight) there is substituted—

  • Either—

  • read in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle and containing letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 57 millimetres wide at a distance of 20.5 metres, or

  • read in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle and containing letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 50 millimetres wide at a distance of 20 metres.

(4) In Part 5, for paragraph 1 there is substituted—

1.  Either—

(a)read in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle and containing letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 57 millimetres wide at a distance of—

(i)12.3 metres, in the case of a test conducted in respect of a vehicle included in category K;

(ii)20.5 metres, in any other case, or

(b)read in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle and containing letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 50 millimetres wide at a distance of—

(i)12 metres, in the case of a test conducted in respect of a vehicle included in category K;

(ii)20 metres, in any other case..

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