37JAUse of spotlights on vehicles on public streets

37JA Use of spotlights on vehicles on public streets

[Section 37JA Inserted by No. 43 of 2007, s. 60, Applied:13 Nov 2007]

(1)  A person must not, while a vehicle is on a public street, use or allow another person to use a lit spotlight that is affixed to or being carried on the vehicle unless –

(a) [Section 37JA Subsection (1) amended by No. 62 of 2009, s. 5, Applied:11 Dec 2009] the vehicle is stationary and the spotlight is being used solely for the purposes of inspecting or repairing a vehicle or its engine, if any; or

(b) the spotlight is being used solely to illuminate street signs or street numbers in order to locate an address; or

(c) the spotlight is being used solely for the purposes of legitimate infrastructure work.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , a spotlight is to be taken as being carried on a vehicle if the spotlight is connected up, by any means, to a battery, generator or other source of power being carried on –

(a) the vehicle; or

(b) another vehicle to which the first-mentioned vehicle is connected.

(3)  To avoid doubt, this section does not apply to the use of lit spotlights by any of the following persons acting in the course of their duty:

(a) members of the Police Service;

(b) [Section 37JA Subsection (3) amended by No. 73 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2014] officers of the Ambulance Service under the Ambulance Service Act 1982 ;

(c) members of the Tasmania Fire Service established under the Fire Service Act 1979 ;

(d) members of the State Emergency Service within the meaning of the Emergency Management Act 2006 ;