Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00407:clause:1_77
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00407
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 77
Character Range: 104837–106085

77  Headlights to be fitted to vehicles
 (1) A motor vehicle must be fitted with:
 (a) 1 low‑beam headlight if it is a moped, motor bike, or motor trike with 1 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 motor vehicle built after 1934 can travel at over 60 kilometres an hour:
 (a) each low‑beam headlight mentioned in subrule (1) must be able to work in the high‑beam position; or
 (b) the vehicle must be fitted with:
 (i) 1 headlight that can work in the high‑beam position if the vehicle is required to have 1 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 a minute; and
 (b) is designed to operate only in the daylight.
 (4) Additional headlights may be fitted to a motor bike or motor trike, or a motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels that was built before 1970.
 (5) Additional pairs of headlights may be fitted to a motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels that was built after 1969.