39Headlights to be fitted to vehicles

39 Headlights to be fitted to vehicles

39 Headlights to be fitted to vehicles

(1) A heavy motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels must be fitted with a pair of low-beam headlights.

(2) A heavy motor vehicle with fewer than 4 wheels must be fitted with at least 1 low-beam headlight.

(3) If a heavy motor vehicle built after 1934 can travel at more than 60km/h—

(a) each low-beam headlight fitted as required by subsection (1) or (2) must be able to work in the high-beam position; or

(b) the vehicle must be fitted with—

(i) if the vehicle has 4 or more wheels—a pair of headlights that can work in the high-beam position; or

(ii) if the vehicle has fewer than 4 wheels—at least 1 headlight that can work in the high-beam position.

(4) Up to 4 additional headlights may be fitted to a heavy motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels.

(5) An additional headlight fitted to a heavy motor vehicle must be fitted so that it faces forward and is symmetrical in relation to the centre-line of the vehicle.