Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation (NSW)

An exempt vehicle may be fitted with any light or reflector.

A special use vehicle may be fitted with 1 or more flashing yellow lights.

Examples of special use vehicle—

tow truck, vehicle breakdown service vehicle

A heavy vehicle may not be fitted with any light or reflector not mentioned in this Regulation other than as required or permitted by the Law or national regulations.

A heavy vehicle, other than an exempt vehicle or a special use vehicle, must not be fitted with a light that flashes other than as required or permitted by the Law or national regulations.

A heavy vehicle, other than an exempt vehicle, must not be fitted with a light or reflector that—

shows a red light to the front; or

shows a white light to the rear; or

is shaped or located in a way that reduces the effectiveness of a light or reflector required to be fitted to the vehicle under this Regulation.

Any requirements in a third edition ADR that are inconsistent with subsection (1) do not apply to an exempt vehicle.

Any requirements in a third edition ADR that are inconsistent with subsection (2) do not apply to a special use vehicle.

Despite anything to the contrary in this section or a third edition ADR, a heavy vehicle must not be fitted with a light or reflector if the light or reflector is fitted in a manner or in circumstances that would be prohibited by rule 114 of the Light Vehicle Standards Rules (within the meaning of the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2017 of New South Wales) in relation to a light vehicle being used for the same purpose as the heavy vehicle.

Note—

This subsection is inserted for New South Wales.

In this section—

dimension exemption means an exemption under Part 4.5 of the Law from compliance with a prescribed dimension requirement.

special use vehicle means any of the following vehicles—

a heavy vehicle built or fitted for use in hazardous situations on a road;

a heavy vehicle used on a road under a dimension exemption;

a heavy vehicle built or fitted to accompany a heavy vehicle mentioned in paragraph (b);

a heavy vehicle that is a bus fitted, before July 1999, with a sign telling road users that the bus carries children.