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Schedule 6Australian Vehicle Standards Rules

91 Front clearance lights

(1) Front clearance lights may only be fitted to a vehicle that is at least 1.8 metres wide.

(2) A pair of front clearance lights must be fitted to a motor vehicle that is at least 2.2 metres wide, or a prime mover.

(3)

The centre of a front clearance light must be:

(a)

not over 400 millimetres from the nearer side of the vehicle; and

(b)

if the vehicle was built after June 1953:

(i) at least 750 millimetres higher than the centre of any low-beam headlight fitted to the vehicle; or

(ii)

not lower than the top of the windscreen.

(4) However, a front clearance light may be mounted on an external rear vision mirror or a mirror support if, when the mirror is correctly adjusted, no part of the lens of the clearance light is visible to a person in the normal driving position.

(5)

When on, a front clearance light must:

(a) show a yellow or white light visible 200 metres from the front of the vehicle; and

(b)

not use over 7 watts power.

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