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374A PDFTitle:Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) RegulationsGazette Number:E.R. 2 of 2012
Regulation:18AHeading:Hydraulic braking systemsVersion Date:02/08/2012

(1) A motor vehicle which is manufactured on or after 1 January 1990 and first registered on or after 1 July 1990 and which is equipped with a hydraulic braking system shall be provided with a warning device so placed as to be readily visible or audible to the driver of the vehicle when in the driving seat in order to indicate any impending failure in the hydraulic braking system due to fluid loss.
(2) The warning device referred to in paragraph (1) shall be so designed and constructed that-

    (a) for a motor vehicle equipped with a split braking system, it will detect the differential in fluid pressure, or a drop in fluid level; and
    (b) for a motor vehicle equipped with a non-split braking system, it will detect a loss in the applied fluid pressure, or a drop in fluid level.
(3) The Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, approve in writing the fitting in a hydraulic braking system of a warning device of a design and construction other than that described in paragraph (2) as sufficient compliance with paragraph (1).
(L.N. 203 1990)