Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2024
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(1) An object fitted to a light vehicle must be designed, built, fitted to and maintained on the vehicle in a way that minimises the likelihood of injury to a person making contact with the vehicle.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to an object fitted to a light vehicle if –
(a) the vehicle was designed before 1965 and the object was part of the design of the vehicle; or
(b) the object was fitted to the vehicle before 1965 in accordance with the law of the place where the object was fitted.