105. Maintenance of lighting equipment and reflectors

Every lamp and reflector and all other equipment with which a motor vehicle is required by rules 26 to 32 to be equipped shall at all times while the vehicle is used on a road be maintained in such a condition as to render the vehicle capable of being driven on a road during the hours of darkness without contravention of the provisions of any written law relating to such lamp, reflector or equipment which are applicable to that vehicle.

Where a person is charged with a contravention of paragraph (1) in respect of the use of a motor vehicle on a road otherwise than during the hours of darkness, it shall be a good defence for that person to prove that —

the contravention arose from a defect in the lighting equipment of, or in a reflector carried by, the vehicle which occurred in the course of the journey during which the contravention occurred; or

the contravention arose from a defect in the lighting equipment of, or in a reflector carried by, the vehicle and that before, the contravention occurred, steps had been taken to have the defect remedied with all reasonable expedition.

No reversing lamp shall be lit except when the vehicle is travelling backwards.

Every lamp and reflector and all other equipment with which a motor vehicle is required by rules 26 to 32 to be equipped shall at all times while the vehicle is used on a road be maintained in such a condition as to render the vehicle capable of being driven on a road during the hours of darkness without contravention of the provisions of any written law relating to such lamp, reflector or equipment which are applicable to that vehicle.

Where a person is charged with a contravention of paragraph (1) in respect of the use of a motor vehicle on a road otherwise than during the hours of darkness, it shall be a good defence for that person to prove that —

the contravention arose from a defect in the lighting equipment of, or in a reflector carried by, the vehicle which occurred in the course of the journey during which the contravention occurred; or

the contravention arose from a defect in the lighting equipment of, or in a reflector carried by, the vehicle and that before, the contravention occurred, steps had been taken to have the defect remedied with all reasonable expedition.

No reversing lamp shall be lit except when the vehicle is travelling backwards.