Print Options
PrintThe Whole
Instrument
PrintThe Whole
Schedule
PrintThis
Part
only
Status:
Point in time view as at 01/09/2003.
Changes to legislation:
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999, PART 5.
Changes to Legislation
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.
[PART 5E+W+SUnitary Test: Categories F, G, H and K
1. Either—E+W+S
(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.
2. Start the engine of the vehicle.E+W+S
3. Move away straight ahead or at an angle.E+W+S
4. Overtake, meet or cross the path of other vehicles and take an appropriate course.E+W+S
5. Turn right-hand and left-hand corners correctly.E+W+S
6. Stop the vehicle in an emergency and normally and, in the latter case, bring it to rest in an appropriate part of the road.]E+W+S
Back to top