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The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2003

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Regulation 3

SCHEDULESUBSTITUTION OF PART 5 OF SCHEDULE 8 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

“PART 5Unitary Test: Categories F, G, H, and K

Eyesight

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.

Technical control of the vehicle

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.

Behaviour in traffic

C.  Overtake, meet or cross the path of other vehicles and take an appropriate course.

Vehicle safety checks

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.”

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