reg 40
In forceHow headlights are to be fitted
40 How headlights are to be fitted
(1)
The centres of low-beam headlights fitted as a pair on a heavy motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels must be at least 600mm apart.
(2)
However, subsection (1) does not apply to a heavy motor vehicle built before 1970 if the centres of its low-beam headlights—
(a)
were less than 600mm apart when the vehicle was built; and
(b)
are not nearer than they were when the vehicle was built.
(3)
The centre of a low-beam headlight fitted to a heavy motor vehicle built after June 1953 must be—
(a)
at least 500mm above ground level; and
(b)
not more than 1.4m above ground level.
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