62Headlights to be fitted to light vehicles

62 Headlights to be fitted to light vehicles

(1)  A light motor vehicle must be fitted with –

(a) one low-beam headlight if it is a moped, motor bike or motor trike with one front wheel; or

(b) a pair of low-beam headlights if it has 4 or more wheels or is a motor trike, except a moped, with 2 front wheels.

(2)  If a light motor vehicle built after 1934 can travel at more than 60 kilometres per hour –

(a) each low-beam headlight specified in subregulation (1) must be able to work in the high-beam position; or

(b) the vehicle must be fitted with –

(i) one headlight that can work in the high-beam position if the vehicle is required to have one low-beam headlight; or

(ii) a pair of headlights that can work in the high-beam position.

(3)  A motor bike may be equipped with a headlight modulation system that –

(a) varies the brightness of its high-beam headlight or low-beam headlight, but not both, at a rate of at least 200 and at most 280 flashes per minute; and

(b) is designed to operate only in daylight.

(4)  Up to 4 additional headlights may be fitted to –

(a) a light motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels; or

(b) a motor bike or motor trike.

(5)  An additional headlight fitted to a vehicle under subregulation (4) must be fitted so that it faces forward and is symmetrical in relation to the centre-line of the vehicle.