Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00407:clause:1_33
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00407
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 33
Character Range: 68237–70307

33  Mudguards and spray suppression
 (1) A vehicle must have firmly fitted:
 (a) a mudguard for each wheel or for adjacent wheels; and
 (b) for each axle group and single axle on a vehicle that is part of a B‑double—spray suppression devices complying with Parts 1 and 2 of British Standard AU200‑1984 Spray Reducing Devices for Heavy Goods Vehicle.
 (2) However, subrule (1)(a) does not apply to a vehicle if:
 (a) the construction or use of the vehicle makes the fitting of mudguards unnecessary or impracticable; or
 (b) the body or part of the body of the vehicle acts as a mudguard.
Examples of vehicles to which subrule (2)(a) applies
1. Timber jinkers.
2. Most road‑making plant.
3. Some agricultural equipment.
 (3) A mudguard fitted to a vehicle with a GVM over 4.5 tonnes must, when the wheels of the vehicle are in position to move straight ahead:
 (a) reduce the danger of a person contacting the moving wheels; and
 (b) for the rear wheels:
 (i) cover the overall tyre width of the wheel or wheels to which it is fitted; and
 (ii) be fitted so the height above ground level of the lowest edge of the rear of the mudguard is not over one‑third of the horizontal distance between the edge and the centre of the rearmost axle.
 (4) However, a mudguard may be up to:
 (a) 230 millimetres above ground level; or
 (b) on a vehicle built to be used off road—300 millimetres above ground level.
 (5) The outside of a rear mudguard, except a mudflap, of a vehicle that can be seen from the rear of the vehicle must be coloured white or silver if the vehicle:
 (a) is at least 2.2 metres wide; and
 (b) has a body the vertical measurement of which is under 300 millimetres at the rear, measured from the lowest point of the body above ground level to the highest point; and
 (c) is not fitted with rear marking plates in accordance with rule 119.
 (6) For subrule (5)(a), the width of a vehicle is measured disregarding any anti‑skid device mounted on wheels, central tyre inflation systems, lights, mirrors, reflectors, signalling devices and tyre pressure gauges.