Western Australian Current Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLES) REGULATIONS 2014 - REG 286

286 .         Motor vehicle headlights to be fitted

        (1)         A motor vehicle must be fitted with —

            (a)         one low‑beam headlight if it is a moped, motor cycle or motor tricycle with one front wheel; or

            (b)         a pair of low‑beam headlights if it has 4 or more wheels or is a motor tricycle, except a moped, with 2 front wheels.

        (2)         If a motor vehicle built after 1934 can travel at over 60 km/h —

            (a)         each low‑beam headlight mentioned in subregulation (1) must be able to work in the high‑beam position; or

            (b)         the vehicle must be fitted with —

                  (i)         one headlight that can work in the high‑beam position if the vehicle is required to have one low‑beam headlight; or

                  (ii)         a pair of headlights that can work in the high‑beam position.

        (3)         A motor cycle 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 daytime.

        (4)         Up to 4 additional headlights may be fitted to a motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels, a motor cycle or a motor tricycle.

        (5)         An additional headlight fitted to a vehicle must be fitted so that it faces forward and is symmetrical in relation to the centre line of the vehicle.

Location of additional headlights on a vehicle

        [Regulation 286 amended: Gazette 29 Mar 2019 p. 967‑8.]