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AUSTRALIAN VEHICLE STANDARDS RULES - REG 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.



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