Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

1.  Number—

(a) Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e):

(b) A solo motor bicycle and a motor bicycle combination:

(c) A motor vehicle with three wheels, other than a motor bicycle combination, first used before 24th January 1996:

(d) A motor vehicle with three wheels, other than a motor bicycle combination, first used on or after 24th January 1996 and which has an unladen weight of not more than 400 kg and an overall width of not more than 1300 mm:

(e) A bus first used before 1st October 1969:

2.  Position—

(a) Longitudinal:

(b) Lateral—

(i)Where two dipped-beam headlamps are required to be fitted—

(A)Maximum distance from the side of the vehicle—

(1)Any vehicle not covered by sub-head (2) or (3):

(2)A vehicle first used before lst January 1972:

(3)An agricultural vehicle, engineering plant and an industrial tractor:

(B)Minimum separation distance between a pair of dipped-beam headlamps:

(ii)Where one dipped-beam headlamp is required to be fitted—

(A)Any vehicle not covered by sub-head (B):

(i)On the centre-line of the motor vehicle (disregarding any sidecar forming part of a motor bicycle combination), or

(ii)At any distance from the side of the motor vehicle (disregarding any sidecar forming part of a motor bicycle combination) provided that a duplicate lamp is fitted on the other side so that together they form a matched pair. In such a case, both lamps shall be regarded as obligatory lamps.

(B)A bus first used before 1st October 1969:

(c) Vertical—

(i)Maximum height above the ground—

(A)Any vehicle not covered by sub- head (B):

(B)A vehicle first used before 1st January 1952, an agricultural vehicle, a road clearance vehicle, an aerodrome fire tender, an aerodrome runway sweeper, an industrial tractor, engineering plant and a home forces' vehicle:

(ii)Minimum height above the ground—

(A)Any vehicle not covered by sub- head (B):

(B)A vehicle first used before 1st January 1956:

3.  Angles of visibility:

4.  Alignment-—

When a vehicle is at its kerbside weight and has a weight of 75 kg on the driver’s seat, and any manual headlamp levelling device control is set to the stop position, the alignment of every dipped-beam headlamp shall, as near as practicable, be set so that it is permanently deflected downwards to such an extent that it is at all times incapable of dazzling any person at a greater distance than 9 m from the lamp whose eye-level is not less than 1300 mm above that plane.

5.  Markings—

(a) Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (b), (c) or (d):

(b) A motor vehicle first used before 24th January 1996:

(c) A three-wheeled motor vehicle, not being a motor bicycle combination, first used on or after 24th January 1996 and having a maximum speed not exceeding 50 mph:

(d) A solo motor bicycle and a motor bicycle combination:

6.  Size of illuminated area:

7.  Colour:

8.  Wattage—

(a) A motor vehicle with four or more wheels first used on or after 24th January 1996:

(b) A three-wheeled motor vehicle, not being a motor bicycle combination, first used on or after 24th January 1996—

(i)having a maximum speed not exceeding

(ii)having a maximum speed exceeding

(c) A motor vehicle with four or more wheels first used before 24th January 1996:

(d) A three-wheeled motor vehicle, not being a motor bicycle combination, first used before 24th January 1996:

(e) A solo motor bicycle and a motor bicycle combination, first used on or after 24th January 1996—

(i)having an engine not exceeding 250 cc and a maximum speed not exceeding 25 mph:

(ii)having an engine not exceeding 250 cc and a maximum speed exceeding 25 mph:

(iii)having an engine exceeding 250 cc:

9.  Intensity:

10.  Electrical connections—

Where a matched pair of dipped-beam headlamps is fitted they shall be capable of being switched on and off simultaneously and not otherwise.

11.  Tell-tale: