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ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) RULES 1999 - REG 77

77—Headlights to be fitted to vehicles

        (1)         A motor vehicle must be fitted with:

            (a)         1 low-beam headlight if it is a moped, motor bike, or motor trike with 1 front wheel; or

            (b)         a pair of low-beam headlights if it has 4 or more wheels or is a motor trike, except a moped, with 2 front wheels.

        (2)         If a motor vehicle built after 1934 can travel at over 60 kilometres an hour:

            (a)         each low-beam headlight mentioned in subrule (1) must be able to work in the high-beam position; or

            (b)         the vehicle must be fitted with:

                  (i)         1 headlight that can work in the high-beam position if the vehicle is required to have 1 low-beam headlight; or

                  (ii)         a pair of headlights that can work in the high-beam position.

        (3)         A motor bike may be equipped with a headlight modulation system that:

            (a)         varies the brightness of its high-beam headlight or low-beam headlight, but not both, at a rate of at least 200 and at most 280 flashes a minute; and

            (b)         is designed to operate only in the daylight.

        (4)         Additional headlights may be fitted to a motor bike or motor trike, or a motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels that was built before 1970.

        (5)         Additional pairs of headlights may be fitted to a motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels that was built after 1969.



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