63How headlights are to be fitted

63 How headlights are to be fitted

(1)  The centres of low-beam headlights fitted as a pair on a light motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels must be at least 600 millimetres apart.

(2)  Subregulation (1) does not apply to a light motor vehicle built before 1970 if the centres of its low-beam headlights –

(a) were less than 600 millimetres apart when the vehicle was built; and

(b) are not nearer than they were when the vehicle was built.

(3)  Each low-beam headlight of a pair on a motor trike, except a moped, with 2 front wheels must not be more than 400 millimetres from the nearer side of the vehicle.

(4)  The centre of a low-beam headlight fitted to a light motor vehicle built after June 1953 must be –

(a) at least 500 millimetres above ground level; and

(b) not more than 1.4 metres above ground level.