The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989

(Regulation 20)

SCHEDULE 14 requirements relating to optional reversing lamps

1.  Number:	Not more than two
2.  Position:	No requirement
3.  Angles of visibility:	No requirement
4.  Alignment:	To the rear
5.  Markings– (a) A motor vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1986 and a trailer manufactured on or after 1st October 1985:	An approval mark
(b) A motor vehicle first used before 1st April 1986 and a trailer manufactured before 1st October 1985:	No requirement
6.  Size of illuminated area:	No requirement
7.  Colour:	White
8.  Wattage– (a) A reversing lamp bearing an approval mark:	No requirement
(b) A reversing lamp not bearing an approval mark:	The total wattage of any one reversing lamp shall not exceed 24 watts
9.  Intensity:	No requirement
10.  Electrical connections:	No requirement
11.  Tell-tale– (a) A motor vehicle first used on or after 1st July 1954, provided that the electrical connections are such that the reversing lamp or lamps cannot be illuminated other than automatically by the selection of the reverse gear of the vehicle:	No requirement
(b) Any other motor vehicle first used on or after 1st July 1954:	A circuit-closed tell-tale shall be fitted
(c) A motor vehicle first used before 1st July 1954:	No requirement
(d) Any vehicle which is not a motor vehicle:	No requirement

12.  Definitions–

• In this Schedule “approval mark” means either–

  (a)

  a marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 5 of the Designation of Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 21 of Schedule 4 to those Regulations; or

  (b)

  a marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 4 of the Designation of Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 23 or 23A of Schedule 2 to those Regulations.