- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (31/10/1989)
- Gwreiddiol (a wnaed Fel)
Version Superseded: 18/03/1991
Point in time view as at 31/10/1989.
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1. The vehicle shall be examined to ascertain whether—E+W+S
(a)it is equipped with lamps and reflectors which comply with the lighting requirements as respect their number, their operation and the position in which they are attached to the vehicle, and
[F1(b)the said lamps are clean and in good working order and the said reflectors are unobscured and in good condition, and]
(c)the vehicle is so equipped that the said lamps can be used to show a white light to the front visible from a reasonable distance or a red light to the rear so visible, so as to comply with the lighting requirements.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3 para. 1(b) substituted (1.8.1984) by The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1984 (S.I. 1984/815), regs. 1, 6(a)(i)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 31.12.1981, see reg. 1
2.—[F2(1) Where the vehicle is one which the lighting requirements require to be equipped with a headlamp, the vehicle shall be examined in order to determine whether every main-beam headlamp is constructed so that the light emitted from it—E+W+S
(a)can be deflected at the will of the driver to become a dipped beam, or
(b)can be extinguished by the operation of a device which at the same time either—
(i)causes the lamp to emit a dipped beam, or
(ii)causes another lamp to emit a dipped beam;]
(2) For the purpose of the examination of a headlamp in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) the direction of the beam of light F3... shall be tested either—
(a)in the case of a vehicle in any Class by causing the lamp to show a light and ascertaining what the direction is in relation to the vehicle of the beam of light emitted therefrom by the use of apparatus designed and constructed for the purpose of ascertaining within reasonable limits of precision the direction of the beam of light emitted from such a lamp; or
(b)in the case of vehicle in Class I or II, by placing the vehicle on level or uniformly sloping ground, causing the head lamp to show a light so that the beam of light emitted therefrom is thrown on a screen or wall, and ascertaining what the direction of that beam of light is in relation to the vehicle.
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 3 para. 2(1) substituted (1.8.1984) by The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1984 (S.I. 1984/815), regs. 1, 6(a)(ii)
F3Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(2) omitted (1.8.1984) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1984 (S.I. 1984/815), regs. 1, 6(a)(iii)
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 31.12.1981, see reg. 1
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