Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 2021
sch.1-sec.94Fitting brake lights
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sch.1-sec.94 Fitting brake lights
A brake light must be fitted to the rear of a vehicle built after 1934. A pair of brake lights must be fitted to the rear of— a motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels built after 1959; and a motortrike with 2 rear wheels built after 1959; and a trailer built after June 1973. See also section 72 for further requirements applying when lights are required to be fitted to a vehicle in a pair. The centre of a brake light must be— at least 350mm above ground level; and not more than— 1.5m above ground level; or if it is not practicable to fit the light in accordance with subparagraph (i) —2.1m above ground level. A vehicle may be fitted with 1 or more additional brake lights. The centre of an additional brake light must be at least 350mm above ground level. If only 1 brake light is fitted to a vehicle, it must be fitted in the centre, or to the right of the centre, of the vehicle’s rear. Subsection (6) applies to a motorbike with a sidecar as if the motorbike did not have a sidecar. For this section, a light fitted to a vehicle built before 1 January 1973 that functions as a brake light and a direction indicator light is taken to be a brake light. (sch.1-sec.94-ssec.1) A brake light must be fitted to the rear of a vehicle built after 1934. (sch.1-sec.94-ssec.2) A pair of brake lights must be fitted to the rear of— a motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels built after 1959; and a motortrike with 2 rear wheels built after 1959; and a trailer built after June 1973. See also section 72 for further requirements applying when lights are required to be fitted to a vehicle in a pair. (sch.1-sec.94-ssec.3) The centre of a brake light must be— at least 350mm above ground level; and not more than— 1.5m above ground level; or if it is not practicable to fit the light in accordance with subparagraph (i) —2.1m above ground level. (sch.1-sec.94-ssec.4) A vehicle may be fitted with 1 or more additional brake lights. (sch.1-sec.94-ssec.5) The centre of an additional brake light must be at least 350mm above ground level. (sch.1-sec.94-ssec.6) If only 1 brake light is fitted to a vehicle, it must be fitted in the centre, or to the right of the centre, of the vehicle’s rear. (sch.1-sec.94-ssec.7) Subsection (6) applies to a motorbike with a sidecar as if the motorbike did not have a sidecar. (sch.1-sec.94-ssec.8) For this section, a light fitted to a vehicle built before 1 January 1973 that functions as a brake light and a direction indicator light is taken to be a brake light.
- (a) a motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels built after 1959; and
- (b) a motortrike with 2 rear wheels built after 1959; and
- (c) a trailer built after June 1973.
- (a) at least 350mm above ground level; and
- (b) not more than— (i) 1.5m above ground level; or (ii) if it is not practicable to fit the light in accordance with subparagraph (i) —2.1m above ground level.