Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 2021
sch.1-sec.90Vehicles required to have side marker lights
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sch.1-sec.90 Vehicles required to have side marker lights
A pair of side marker lights must be fitted towards the rear of the sides of a motor vehicle that is more than 7.5m long and at least 2.2m wide. A pole-type trailer or a motor vehicle built to tow a pole-type trailer, each with at least 1 cross-bar or bolster, must have 1 side marker light fitted to each side of the back of the trailer, cross-bar or bolster. Also, a pole-type trailer with 2 or more cross-bars or bolsters may have 1 side marker light fitted to each side of the front cross-bar or bolster. At least 2 side marker lights must be fitted to each side of— a trailer, other than a pole-type trailer, that is at least 2.2m wide and not more than 7.5m long; or a semitrailer that is not more than 7.5m long. At least 3 side marker lights must be fitted to each side of— a trailer, other than a pole-type trailer, that is at least 2.2m wide and more than 7.5m long; or a semitrailer that is more than 7.5m long. (sch.1-sec.90-ssec.1) A pair of side marker lights must be fitted towards the rear of the sides of a motor vehicle that is more than 7.5m long and at least 2.2m wide. (sch.1-sec.90-ssec.2) A pole-type trailer or a motor vehicle built to tow a pole-type trailer, each with at least 1 cross-bar or bolster, must have 1 side marker light fitted to each side of the back of the trailer, cross-bar or bolster. (sch.1-sec.90-ssec.3) Also, a pole-type trailer with 2 or more cross-bars or bolsters may have 1 side marker light fitted to each side of the front cross-bar or bolster. (sch.1-sec.90-ssec.4) At least 2 side marker lights must be fitted to each side of— a trailer, other than a pole-type trailer, that is at least 2.2m wide and not more than 7.5m long; or a semitrailer that is not more than 7.5m long. (sch.1-sec.90-ssec.5) At least 3 side marker lights must be fitted to each side of— a trailer, other than a pole-type trailer, that is at least 2.2m wide and more than 7.5m long; or a semitrailer that is more than 7.5m long.
- (a) a trailer, other than a pole-type trailer, that is at least 2.2m wide and not more than 7.5m long; or
- (b) a semitrailer that is not more than 7.5m long.
- (a) a trailer, other than a pole-type trailer, that is at least 2.2m wide and more than 7.5m long; or
- (b) a semitrailer that is more than 7.5m long.