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MOTOR TRAFFIC REGULATIONS(AMENDMENT) (NO. 35 OF 1997) - REG 3

3. The Principal Regulations are amended by omitting Part II and substituting the following Part:

Authorised premises—prescribed requirements

“6. For the purposes of paragraph 26AG (3) (a) of the Act, the following requirements are prescribed:

        (a)     in respect of premises to be used for testing motor vehicles, other than motor cycles—

              (i)     brake testing equipment that complies with the requirements specified in Schedule 2 in relation to such equipment;

              (ii)     a luminous transmittance testing instrument that complies with the requirements specified in Schedule 2 in relation to such an instrument;

              (iii)     either of the following means of enabling a mechanic, while standing, to inspect the underside of motor vehicles:

(A)     a pit of not less than 4.5 metres in length;

(B)     a hoist which has a lifting capacity of not less than 2 tonnes;

              (iv)     a noise testing instrument that complies with the requirements specified in Schedule 2 in relation to such an instrument;

              (v)     a headlamp instrument device that complies with the requirements specified in Schedule 2 in relation to such an instrument;

              (vi)     wheel-rim callipers calibrated in inches or inches and centimetres to the range of 5 to 8 inches in half inch increments;

              (vii)     a device for measuring, in millimetres, the depth of grooves in a tyre's tread through the range of 1 to 10 millimetres in 1 millimetre increments;

        (b)     in respect of premises to be used for testing motor cycles—equipment of the kind referred to in subparagraphs (a) (iv), (v) and (vii); and

        (c)     in respect of premises to be used for the inspection and testing of trailers—

              (i)     equipment of the kind referred to in subparagraphs (a) (vi) and (vii); and

              (ii)     1 or more of the following means for inspecting the underside of trailers:

    (A)     a pit;

    (B)     a hoist;

    (C)     a jack and garage creeper.”.

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