Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 1975 - REG 1203

1203 .         Lights on stationary motor vehicles

        (1)         Subject to the provisions of regulations 1209 and 1210, a person shall not leave a lamp, having a power exceeding 7 watts and showing to the front, lighted on a vehicle that is stationary on a carriageway, unless — 

            (a)         the vehicle is stationary for the purpose of — 

                  (i)         avoiding conflict with other traffic;

                  (ii)         complying with the provisions of any law; or

                  (iii)         taking up or setting down passengers; or

            (b)         the vehicle is an emergency vehicle.

        (2)         A person shall not stand a motor vehicle or a trailer, on, or partly on, a carriageway, during the hours of darkness, unless there are fitted to the motor vehicle or the trailer such lamps and reflectors as are prescribed by the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977 , as amended from time to time, and the lamps so fitted are alight.

        (3)         Subregulation (2) of this regulation does not apply in respect of the lighting of lamps — 

            (a)         where the street lighting in the vicinity renders the motor vehicle or the trailer clearly visible at a distance of 200 metres; or

            (b)         on a motor cycle not connected to a side-car, forecar or trailer, standing as near as practicable to, and parallel with, the boundary of the carriageway.

        [Regulation 1203 amended in Gazette 10 November 1977 p.4135; 23 November 1979 p.3648; 28 September 1990 p.5072.]