Regulation 4
Amendment of rule 20
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use)(Amendment) Rules 2026
In the principal Rules, in rule 20, replace paragraph (3) with —“(3) Every motor cycle, with or without a side‑car attached, must be equipped with —
at least one mirror that is so constructed and fitted to either the left or the right side of the motor cycle as to assist the rider to become aware of traffic at the rear of the motor cycle, if the motor cycle —
is registered before 1 May 2026; or
is registered or re‑registered (whether before, on or after 1 May 2026) as a classic vehicle, normal vintage vehicle, restricted vintage vehicle or revised use vintage vehicle; or
at least one mirror that is so constructed and fitted on each side of the motor cycle as to assist the rider to become aware of traffic at the rear of the motor cycle, if the motor cycle is registered on or after 1 May 2026 and is not registered or re-registered as a classic vehicle, normal vintage vehicle, restricted vintage vehicle or revised use vintage vehicle.
Every mirror fitted to a motor cycle to which paragraph (3)(b) applies must be constructed and fitted in compliance with the requirements under —
UN Regulation 81;
Japanese Article 44 (as in force on 1 May 2001);
EU Regulation 168/2013 (as supplemented by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 3/2014 of 24 October 2013, as amended by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1824 of 14 July 2016); or
any other standard that the Registrar or an authorised officer may recognise as having an equivalent level of safety to, or a more stringent level of safety than, any of the standards mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a), (b) or (c).”.