75Front clearance lights

75 Front clearance lights

(1)  Front clearance lights may only be fitted to a light vehicle that is at least 1.8 metres wide.

(2)  A pair of front clearance lights must be fitted to a light motor vehicle that is at least 2.2 metres wide, or a light prime mover.

(3)  The centre of a front clearance light must be –

(a) not more than 400 millimetres from the nearer side of the light vehicle; and

(b) if the light vehicle was built after June 1953 –

(i) at least 750 millimetres higher than the centre of any low-beam headlight fitted to the vehicle; or

(ii) not lower than the top of the windscreen.

(4)  A front clearance light may be mounted on an external rear vision mirror or a mirror support if, when the mirror is correctly adjusted, no part of the lens of the clearance light is visible to a person in the normal driving position.

(5)  When on, a front clearance light must –

(a) show a yellow or white light visible 200 metres from the front of the light vehicle; and

(b) not use more than 7 watts power.