Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 2021
sch.1-sec.72Pairs of lights
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sch.1-sec.72 Pairs of lights
If, under this schedule, lights are required to be fitted to a vehicle in a pair— each light in the pair must be fitted on each side of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle; and the centre of each light in the pair must be the same distance from the longitudinal axis of the vehicle; and the centre of each light in the pair must be at the same height above ground level; and each light in the pair must project approximately the same amount of light of the same colour. Subsection (1) applies to a motorbike with a sidecar as if the motorbike did not have a sidecar. (sch.1-sec.72-ssec.1) If, under this schedule, lights are required to be fitted to a vehicle in a pair— each light in the pair must be fitted on each side of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle; and the centre of each light in the pair must be the same distance from the longitudinal axis of the vehicle; and the centre of each light in the pair must be at the same height above ground level; and each light in the pair must project approximately the same amount of light of the same colour. (sch.1-sec.72-ssec.2) Subsection (1) applies to a motorbike with a sidecar as if the motorbike did not have a sidecar.
- (a) each light in the pair must be fitted on each side of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle; and
- (b) the centre of each light in the pair must be the same distance from the longitudinal axis of the vehicle; and
- (c) the centre of each light in the pair must be at the same height above ground level; and
- (d) each light in the pair must project approximately the same amount of light of the same colour.