Western Australian Repealed Regulations Western Australian Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) Headlamps fitted
to a motor vehicle shall be so fitted and constructed that —
(a) the
centre of each headlamp is not higher that 1.4 metres from the ground and, in
the case of a motor vehicle first registered on or after the commencement of
these regulations, not less than 600 millimetres from the ground;
(b) they
show white light only and project the light in front of the vehicle;
(c) when
on high beam, they project light in such a way that the part of the beam that
is projected in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle
and one half a degree downward from a plane that is through the headlamp
and parallel to the plane on which the vehicle stands, has a luminous
intensity of between 15 000 and 37 500 candela;
(d) when
on low beam, they project light in such a way that —
(i)
the part of the beam that is projected in a direction 2
degrees to the left of a vertical plane that is through the headlamp and
parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and one half a degree
downward from a plane that is through the headlamp and parallel to the plane
on which the vehicle stands, has a luminous intensity of between 3 750
and 10 000 candela; and
(ii)
the part of the beam that is projected 2 degrees to the
left of a vertical plane that is through the headlamp and parallel to the
longitudinal axis of the vehicle and 1½ degrees downward from a plane
that is through the headlamp and parallel to the plane on which the vehicle
stands, has a luminous intensity of not less than 8 000 candela; and
(iii)
no light of an intensity of greater than 5 000
candela is projected more than 2½ degrees to the right of a vertical
plane that is through the headlamp and parallel to the longitudinal axis of
the vehicle;
(e) the
light is capable of illuminating and rendering easily discernible a person who
is dressed in dark clothing and who is straight ahead of the vehicle, at a
distance —
(i)
when on high beam, of 100 metres; and
(ii)
when on low beam, of 45 metres;
(f) in
the case of a motor vehicle (not being a motor vehicle of an engine capacity
of 200 c.c. or less) first registered on or after 1 January 1934 the headlamps
are controlled by a dipping device that will —
(i)
where the motor vehicle is fitted with one or
2 headlamps, extinguish the high beam of light projected from the lamp or
lamps and at the same time bring the low beam into operation;
(ii)
where the motor vehicle is fitted with 4 headlamps,
in accordance with regulation 202(b), extinguish the high beam and, at
the same time, bring into operation one lamp from each set that is adjusted to
project light in accordance with paragraph (d); and
(iii)
where the motor vehicle is fitted with headlamps in
accordance with regulation 202(c), extinguish the headlamps that are
adjusted to the high beam and, at the same time, bring into operation the
2 alternative headlamps that are adjusted to the low beam.
(2) Where a headlamp
is not required by these regulations to be fitted with a dipping device, the
beam of light projected from that lamp shall —
(a)
conform to the requirements of subregulation (1)(d); and
(b) be
capable, in conjunction with any other headlamp that is required to be fitted
to the vehicle and to be alight at the same time, of illuminating and
rendering easily discernible a person who is dressed in dark clothing and who
is straight ahead of the vehicle, at a distance of 45 metres.
(3) Where, in
subregulation (1)(c) and (d), a reference is made to the luminous
intensity of that part of a beam projected through a specified angle, the
light is deemed to comply with those paragraphs if the luminous intensity of
part of the beam projected to within one quarter of a degree of the specified
angle has that intensity.