Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Amendments to Schedule 7 (specified requirements for practical or unitary test)

6.—(1) Schedule 7 of the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In Part 1 and Part 2, for paragraph A there shall be substituted –

“A. Eyesight

1.   Read in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle –

(a) in the case of a registration mark containing letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 57 millimetres wide, at a distance of 20.5 metres; and

(b) in the case of a registration mark containing letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 50 millimetres wide, at a distance of 20 metres.”.

(3) For paragraph 1 of Part 5 there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

“1.   Read in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b).

(a) Where the registration mark contains letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 57 millimetres wide, the test shall be conducted at a distance of –

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

(ii) in any other case, 20.5 metres.

(b) Where the registration mark contains letters and figures 79 millimetres high and 50 millimetres wide, the tests shall be conducted at a distance of –

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

(ii) in any other case, 20 metres.”.