S.L. 65.11 Art. 116ARetrofitting of mirrors to goods vehicles.

(1) N2 and N3 motor vehicles which have been registered with the Authority on the 1st January 2000 or after that date and which are not type-approved or not approved as a single vehicle shall, not later than the 31st March, 2009, be equipped, on the passenger side, with wide-angle and close-proximity mirrors which fulfil the requirements for class IV and class V mirrors under Directive 2003/97/EC respectively: Provided that N2 vehicles having a maximum total permissible weight not exceeding 7.5 tons shall be exempted from the provisions of this sub-regulation where it transpires that it is impossible to mount a class V mirror in a way that ensure that the following conditions are fulfilled:

(i) no part of the mirror is less than 2m (a tolerance of + 10cm may be applied) from the ground, regardless of the adjustment position, when the vehicle is under a load corresponding to its maximum technically permissible weight; and

(ii) the mirror is fully visible from the driving position.

(2) N2 and N3 vehicles registered with the Authority on the 1st January 2000 or after that date that are already equipped, on the passenger side, with wide-angle and close-proximity mirrors, whose combination of fields of vision covers not less than 95% of the field of vision at ground level of a class IV mirror and not less than 85% of the field of vision at ground level of a class V mirror under Directive 2003/97/EC shall be deemed to be in compliance with sub-regulation (1).

(3) Vehicles referred to in this regulation which, for want of available, economically viable, technical solutions, cannot be equipped with mirrors complying with the requirements set out in sub-regulations (1) and (2), may be equipped with supplementary mirrors and, or other devices of indirect vision, provided that the combination of such devices covers not less than 95% of the field of vision at ground level of a class IV mirror and not less than 85% of the field of vision at ground level of class V mirror under Directive 2003/97/EC.