Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 1977 - REG 208

208 .         Rear reflectors

        (1)         One or more reflectors shall be fitted — 

            (a)         symmetrically to each side of the rear of a motor vehicle (other than a motor cycle without a side-car) and of a trailer; and

            (b)         to the rear of a motor cycle without a side-car.

        (2)         A reflecting lens fitted to a rear lamp required or permitted by these regulations, or any reflective material of not less than 25 square centimetres in area and at least 25 millimetres in width, is a reflector for the purposes of these regulations.

        (3)         A reflector prescribed by this regulation shall be such as projects a red reflection of the light projected by a lamp of any following vehicle, and shall be so fitted that — 

            (a)         its centre is not higher than 1.1 metres from the ground, unless the vehicle is constructed solely, or principally, for the carriage of goods and is so designed or constructed that it would be impracticable to comply with that requirement in which case the reflector may be fitted so that its centre is not higher than 1.5 metres from the ground; and

            (b)         no part of the vehicle or its load or equipment, on the side on which the reflector is fitted, projects — 

                  (i)         more than 250 millimetres, laterally, from the centre of the reflector, where the width of the vehicle or trailer, together with its load or equipment, is 2.2 metres or more; or

                  (ii)         400 millimetres, laterally, from the centre of the reflector, where the width of the vehicle or trailer, together with its load or equipment, is less than 2.2 metres.