Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation
sch.8-sec.28Headlights on a pilot or escort vehicle
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sch.8-sec.28 Headlights on a pilot or escort vehicle
The low-beam headlights on a pilot vehicle or escort vehicle must be switched on when it is accompanying a class 1 heavy vehicle during the daytime. In this section— low-beam , for a headlight fitted to a pilot vehicle or escort vehicle, has the meaning it has— if the pilot vehicle or escort vehicle is a heavy vehicle—in section 4 of the Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation ; or otherwise—for the purposes of the provisions of the light vehicle standards prescribing requirements about the headlights of the vehicle. (sch.8-sec.28-ssec.1) The low-beam headlights on a pilot vehicle or escort vehicle must be switched on when it is accompanying a class 1 heavy vehicle during the daytime. (sch.8-sec.28-ssec.2) In this section— low-beam , for a headlight fitted to a pilot vehicle or escort vehicle, has the meaning it has— if the pilot vehicle or escort vehicle is a heavy vehicle—in section 4 of the Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation ; or otherwise—for the purposes of the provisions of the light vehicle standards prescribing requirements about the headlights of the vehicle.
- (a) if the pilot vehicle or escort vehicle is a heavy vehicle—in section 4 of the Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation ; or
- (b) otherwise—for the purposes of the provisions of the light vehicle standards prescribing requirements about the headlights of the vehicle.