Rear marking plates
34 Rear marking plates
Rear marking plates required by rule 119 are to:
comply with the requirements of AS 4001.1 – 1992
"Motor Vehicle – Rear Marker Plates" arranged according to AS 4001.2 – 1992 "Motor Vehicle –
Rear Marker Plates – Installation and Arrangement Requirements";
or
be mounted at the rear of the vehicle and arranged as follows and as depicted in the diagram:
arrangement A – 2 Category 1 plates;
arrangement B – a single Category 2 plate;
arrangement C – one Category 2a plate and one Category
2b plate, arranged horizontally;
arrangement D – one Category 2a plate and one Category 2b plate, arranged vertically.
Arrangement A is the preferred arrangement, but where that arrangement is not possible, an alternative arrangement listed in subsection (1)(b) may be utilised.
The plates are to be orientated rearwards and mounted:
at the same height and with the lower edge not less than 400 mm and not more than 1 500mm from the ground;
so that the outer edge of a plate:
does not protrude beyond the nearest outer face of the vehicle;
and
is within 150 mm (if practicable, but in any case within
500 mm) of the nearest outer face of the vehicle.
so that the lower edge of a plate is horizontal to the ground;
as near as practicable to and in any case within 20 degrees (horizontally and vertically) of being in a vertical plane representing the back of the vehicle; and
so that the plates are visible from a position within 30 degrees either side, and within 15 degrees up and down, of square from the face of a plate.
The total plate area is to be not less than 0.32 square metres.
No lamps are to be placed inside the boundaries of a marker plate, but the warning sign "DO NOT OVERTAKE TURNING VEHICLE" may be printed in black lettering 50 mm high on the yellow portion of one of the Category 1 plates.
If the nature of the vehicle requires it:
the plates may be attached to fabricated supports that can be removed or swung aside for loading or unloading;
the plates may be attached to the underside of tip-up loading ramps so that they are visible when the ramp is in position for the vehicle to be driven; and
the plates may be cut so that a plate can be mounted across the edges of movable or opening panels (the sections can be moved apart by not more than 25 mm or a strip of material not wider than
10 mm per side may be removed adjacent to the cut to enable the panels to separate).
The Registrar may approve an installation that does not fully comply with this regulation.
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