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reg 39

Headlights to be fitted to vehicles

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39 Headlights to be fitted to vehicles

(1)

A heavy motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels must be fitted with a pair of low-beam headlights.

(2)

A heavy motor vehicle with fewer than 4 wheels must be fitted with at least 1 low-beam headlight.

(3)

If a heavy motor vehicle built after 1934 can travel at more than 60km/h—

(a)

each low-beam headlight fitted as required by subsection (1) or (2) must be able to work in the high-beam position; or

(b)

the vehicle must be fitted with—

(i)

if the vehicle has 4 or more wheels—a pair of headlights that can work in the high-beam position; or

(ii)

if the vehicle has fewer than 4 wheels—at least 1 headlight that can work in the high-beam position.

(4)

Up to 4 additional headlights may be fitted to a heavy motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels.

(5)

An additional headlight fitted to a heavy motor vehicle must be fitted so that it faces forward and is symmetrical in relation to the centre-line of the vehicle.

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