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to permit extension of the legs;

              13.1.4. On a vehicle equipped with lashing and securing points in accordance with ISO 9367-1:1989 or ISO 9367-2:1994 for water borne transportation on Ro/Ro vessels, gaps shall be permitted within LPD to accept the attachment of restraint devices.

              13.1.5.  On a vehicle fitted with a crane for loading, unloading or other operations for which the vehicle is designed, making it impracticable to comply with all the requirements of paragraph 12., the LPD may be arranged with additional gaps where these are necessary to permit the movement or stowage of the crane.

              13.2. If the sides of the vehicle are so designed and/or equipped that by their shape and characteristics the component parts together meet the requirements of paragraph 12., they may be regarded as replacing the LPD.

              13.3 Vehicles where any LPD (e.g. fixed, removable, foldable, adjustable, etc.) is incompatible with their on-road use may be partly or fully exempted from this Regulation, subject to the decision of the Type Approval Authority."

Part II Approval of lateral protection devices (LPD)
14.  Requirements
              14.1. The outer surface of the LPD shall be smooth, and so far as possible continuous from front to rear; adjacent parts may however overlap provided that the overlapping edge faces rearwards or downwards, or a gap of not more than 25 mm measured longitudinally may be left, provided that the rearward part does not protrude outboard of the forward part; domed heads of bolts or rivets may protrude beyond the surface to a distance not exceeding 10 mm and other parts may protrude to the same extent provided that they are smooth and similarly rounded; all external edges and corners that may be contacted by a sphere of 100 mm diameter shall be rounded with a radius not less than 2.5 mm; those protruding less than 5 mm shall have blunted outward facing edges.

              14.2. LPD may consist of a continuous flat surface, or of one or more horizontal rails, or a combination of surface and rails; when rails are used they shall be not more than 300 mm apart and not less than:

                  a) 50 mm high in the case of LPD for vehicles of categories N2 and O3; or

                  b) 100 mm high and essentially flat in the case of LPD for vehicles of categories N3 and O4.

               Combinations of surfaces and rails shall form a practically continuous LPD subject, however, to the provisions of paragraph 14.1.

              14.3. The forward edge shall consist of a continuous vertical member extending over the whole height of the device; the outer and forward faces of this member shall measure at least 50 mm rearwards and be turned 100 mm inwards or have