SCHEDULE 15requirements relating to obligatory rear registration plate lamps

(Regulation 18)

1.

Number:

Such that the lamp or lamps are capable of adequately illuminating the rear registration plate

2.

Position:

Such that the lamp or lamps are capable of adequately illuminating the rear registration plate

3.

Angles of visibility:

Such that the lamp or lamps are capable of adequately illuminating the rear registration plate

4.

Alignment:

Such that the lamp or lamps are capable of adequately illuminating the rear registration plate

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:

No requirement

9.

Intensity:

No requirement

10.

Electrical connections:

No individual requirement

11.

Tell-tale:

No requirement

12.

Definitions–

  • In this Schedule “approval mark” means–

    1. (a)

      in relation to a solo motor bicycle, a motor bicycle combination and a trailer drawn by a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination, a marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 4 of the Designation of Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 50A of Schedule 2 to those Regulations; and

    2. (b)

      in relation to any other motor vehicle and any other trailer, either–

      1. (i)

        a marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 5 of the Designation of Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 10 of Schedule 4 to those Regulations; or

      2. (ii)

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