Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00773:clause:1_14:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00773
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 14 (pt 5/51)
Character Range: 29677–32174

passenger seat in a motor vehicle must not be located more than 100 millimetres in front of the rearmost position of the driver's seat.

2.6  Seating
  A seat provided for a person to use in a moving vehicle must be securely attached to the vehicle.

2.7  Mudguards and spray suppression
 (1) A vehicle must have firmly fitted to it:
 (a) a mudguard for each wheel or for adjacent wheels; and
 (b) if the vehicle is part of a B‑double‑spray suppression devices complying with British Standard AU200 – 1984, Spray Reducing Devices for Heavy Goods Vehicles, Parts 1 and 2, for each axle group and single axle.
 (2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to a vehicle if:
 (a) its construction or use makes it unnecessary or impracticable to provide mudguards; or
 (b) the body or part of the body of the vehicle acts as a mudguard.
Note: Examples of vehicles to which paragraph (2)(a) applies are timber jinkers, most road‑making plant and some agricultural implements.
 (3) A mudguard must, when the wheels of the vehicle are in position for it to move straight ahead:
 (a) reduce the danger of a person contacting the moving wheels; and
 (b) in the case of the rear wheels:
 (i) cover the overall tyre width of the wheel or wheels for which it is provided; and
 (ii) be fitted so that the height above the ground of the lowest edge of the rear of the mudguard is not more than one third of the horizontal distance of that edge from the centre of the rearmost axle.
 (4) In spite of subclause (3), the mudguard may be at least:
 (a) 230 millimetres above the ground; or
 (b) on a vehicle built to be used off a road—300 millimetres above the ground.
 (5) The external surface of a rear mudguard, except a mudflap, that can be seen from the rear of the vehicle to which it is fitted must be coloured white or silver if the vehicle:
 (a) is at least 2.2 metres wide, excluding mirrors, side‑mounted lights and reflectors; and
 (b) has a body that is less than 300 millimetres high at the rear, measured from the lowest point of the body above the ground to the highest point; and
 (c) is not fitted with rear marking plates in accordance with clause 5.39.

2.8  Horns and alarms
 (1) A motor vehicle must have fitted to it at least one horn or other device capable of giving sufficient audible warning to other road users of the approach or position of the vehicle.
 (2) A motor vehicle must not have fitted to it a device capable of producing a sound resembling the sound of a siren, bell, exhaust whistle,