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Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 1/00 – Reversing Lamps) 2005

              Made under section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018

              Compilation: 1 (up to and including Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule) Lighting Standards Amendment Instrument 2022 (No.1))

              Compilation Date: 20 January 2023

              Compiled by: Vehicle Safety Policy and Partnerships, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
CONTENTS

0.1 NAME OF STANDARD

1. SCOPE

2. APPLICABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION

3. DEFINITIONS

4. REQUIREMENTS

5. EXEMPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES

6. SUPPLEMENTARY GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

7. ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS

8. NOTES

COMPILATION NOTES

         0.1 NAME OF STANDARD
0.1.1 This Standard is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 1/00 – Reversing Lamps) 2005.
0.1.2 This Standard may also be cited as Australian Design Rule 1/00 — Reversing Lamps.
          1. SCOPE
This vehicle standard prescribes the photometric requirements for reversing lamps which will warn pedestrians and other road users that the vehicle is about to move or is moving in the reverse direction, and which during the hours of darkness will aid the driver in reversing manoeuvres.
2.                                          APPLICABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION
2.1.                                    The circumstances under which reversing lamps are mandatory, optional, or prohibited are set out in either ADRs 13/…, 19/… or 67/….

3.                                          DEFINITIONS
3.1.                                    Refer to paragraph 1 of Appendix A.

4.                                          REQUIREMENTS
4.1.                                    Reversing lamps fitted to vehicles in accordance with ADRs 13/…, 19/… or 67/… and required to comply with ADR 1/00 must comply with either:
           a)      The technical requirements of Appendix A as varied by part 5. Exemptions and Alternative Procedures and part 6. Supplementary General Requirements; or
           b)     One of the alternative standards listed in part 7. Alternative Standards.

5.                                          EXEMPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES
5.1.                                    The following provisions of Appendix A are not applicable.

                  Section 2 Application for approval
                  Section 3 Markings
                  Section 4 Approval
                  Section 9 Conformity of production – partial (for particular deletions to the section refer to paragraphs 5.1.1 and 5.1.2)
                  Section 10 Penalties for non-conformity of production
                  Section 11 Production definitely discontinued
                  Section 12 Names and addresses of technical services responsible for conducting approval tests and of administrative departments
                  Annex 1 communication concerning the approval or extension or refusal or withdrawal of approval or production definitely discontinued of a type of reversing lamp pursuant to Regulation No.23
                  Annex 2 Examples of arrangements of approval marks

5.1.1.                              The opening paragraph in Section 9, paragraph 9.4 and

5.1.2.                              Paragraphs 2.3 and 3.3 in Annex 6

6.                                          SUPPLEMENTARY GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
The following general requirements are supplementary to the requirements of Appendix A
6.1.                                    The requirements and procedures set out in Annexes 5 and 6 of Appendix A set out alternative limits for some of the photometric and colorimetric requirements in sections 5 and 6 of Appendix A.