29Mudguards

29 Mudguards

(1)  A light vehicle must have a mudguard firmly fitted for each wheel or for adjacent wheels.

(2)  Subregulation (1) does not apply to a vehicle if –

(a) the construction or use of the vehicle makes the fitting of mudguards unnecessary or impracticable; or

(b) the body or part of the body of the vehicle acts as a mudguard.

| Examples for subregulation(2)(a): | Most road-making plant, some agricultural equipment |

(3)  A mudguard may be up to –

(a) 230 millimetres above ground level; or

(b) on a light vehicle built to be used off-road, 300 millimetres above ground level.

(4)  The outside of a rear mudguard, except a mudflap, of a light vehicle that can be seen from the rear of the vehicle must be coloured white or silver if the vehicle –

(a) is at least 2.2 metres wide; and

(b) has a body the vertical measurement of which is less than 300 millimetres at the rear, measured from the lowest point of the body above ground level to the highest point; and

(c) is not fitted with rear marking plates, or conspicuity markings, in accordance with regulation 103 .