Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00407:clause:1_78
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00407
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 78
Character Range: 106085–106873

78  How headlights are to be fitted
 (1) The centres of low‑beam headlights fitted as a pair on a motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels must be at least 600 millimetres apart.
 (2) However, subrule (1) does not apply to a motor vehicle built before 1970 if the centres of its low‑beam headlights:
 (a) were under 600 millimetres apart when the vehicle was built; and
 (b) are not nearer than they were when the vehicle was built.
 (3) Each low‑beam headlight of a pair on a motor trike (except a moped) with 2 front wheels must not be over 400 millimetres from the nearer side of the vehicle.
 (4) The centre of a low‑beam headlight fitted to a motor vehicle built after June 1953 must be:
 (a) at least 500 millimetres above ground level; and
 (b) not over 1.4 metres above ground level.