Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 1977 - REG 309

309 .         Mounting of clearance lamps, sidemarker lamps and reflectors

        (1)         Clearance lamps and sidemarker lamps shall be so fitted that — 

            (a)         no part of the vehicle, or its load or equipment, on the side to which the lamps are fitted, projects more than 150 millimetres, laterally, from the centre of any of them;

            (b)         in the case of a caravan, semi-trailer, or trailer they are, as far as practicable, the same height above the level of the ground on which the vehicle stands;

            (c)         in the case of a motor vehicle, semi-trailer or trailer, other than a pole-type trailer, the rear clearance lamps and rear side marker lamps are not more than 300 millimetres distant from the rearmost point of the side of the vehicle to which they are fitted and, except in the case of a motor vehicle, the front clearance lamps and front side marker lamps are not more than 300 millimetres distant from the foremost point of the side of the vehicle to which they are fitted; and

            (d)         where fitted at or near the rear or on the side of a motor vehicle or trailer, none is less than 600 millimetres or more than 1.5 metres above the level of the ground on which the vehicle stands.

        (2)         In the case of a motor vehicle or trailer, not being a motor cycle or three-wheeled vehicle, clearance lamps mounted at or near the front of the vehicle or trailer shall be so fitted that their centres are not less than 750 millimetres above the centre of the headlamp of the vehicle, and may be at any height up to the full height of the vehicle or trailer.

        (3)         Where a clearance lamp is required to display an amber colour to the front and a red colour to the rear, 2 separate lamps may be fitted to the vehicle, if the lamps comply with the requirements of these regulations, with regard to the colour of the light to be displayed and the position of the clearance lamp for which they are substituted.

        (4)         Clearance lamps and sidemarker lamps may be mounted in combination, if illumination as required in these regulations is given by both types of lamps.

        (5)         Reflectors, required on the bolster fitted to a motor vehicle or trailer, shall be so fitted that their centres are not more than 1.5 metres above the ground, and so that no part of the vehicle or its load or equipment, on the side to which the reflectors are fitted, projects more than 250 millimetres laterally from the centre of a reflector.