Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 8 substituted (1.9.2003) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment)(No. 4) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2003), regs. 1(1)(a), 7, Sch.
F2Sch. 8 Pt. 5 substituted (12.1.2004) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3313), regs. 1(1), 3, Sch.
A. 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.
B.—1. Start the engine of the vehicle.
2. Move away straight ahead or at an angle.
3. Turn right-hand and left-hand corners correctly.
4. Stop the vehicle in an emergency and normally and, in the latter case, bring it to a rest in the appropriate part of the road.
C. Overtake, meet or cross the path of other vehicles and take an appropriate course.
D. Describe how to perform a check on the condition and safety of one component of the vehicle in which the test is being conducted and demonstrate an actual check on the condition and safety of a second such component, each component to be chosen at the discretion of the person conducting the test.]]