Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations

VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 67

      (1) A motor vehicle must be fitted with –

(a) one low-beam headlight if it is a moped, motor bike or motor trike with one 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 subregulation (1) must be able to work in the high-beam position; or

(b) the vehicle must be fitted with –

(i) one headlight that can work in the high-beam position if the vehicle is required to have one 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 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.