Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 49/00 – Front and Rear Position (Side) Lamps, Stop Lamps and End Outline Marker Lamps) 2006 (Cth)

Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 49/00 – Front and Rear Position (Side) Lamps, Stop Lamps and End Outline Marker Lamps) 2006

Made under section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018

Compilation: 2 (up to and including Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule) Lighting Standards Amendment Instrument 2022 (No.1))

Compilation Date: 20 January 2023

Compiled by: Vehicle Safety Policy and Partnerships, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

CONTENTS

0. legislative provisions.............................................3 1. SCOPE........................................................3 2. APPLICABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION........................3 3. DEFINITIONS..................................................3 4. REQUIREMENTS...............................................3 5. EXEMPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES.................3 6. SUPPLEMENTARY GENERAL REQUIREMENTS...................4 7. ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS....................................4 8. NOTES........................................................4 APPENDIX A.........................................................5 NOTES .............................................................37

0. legislative provisions 0.1. NAME OF STANDARD 0.1.1. This Standard is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 49/00 – Front and Rear Position (Side) Lamps, Stop Lamps and End Outline Marker Lamps) 2006. 0.1.2. This Standard may also be cited as Australian Design Rule 49/00 — Front and Rear Position (Side) Lamps, Stop Lamps and End Outline Marker Lamps. 1. SCOPE This Australian Design Rule (ADR) prescribes the photometric requirements for light-signalling devices which will indicate the presence, width and position of the vehicle when viewed from the front and from the rear. 2. APPLICABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION 2.1. The circumstances under which position, stop and end-outline marker lamps are mandatory, optional, or prohibited are set out in either ADRs 13/…, 19/… or 67/…. 3. DEFINITIONS 3.1. Refer to paragraph 1 of Appendix A. 4. REQUIREMENTS 4.1. Front and rear position (side) lamps, stop lamps, and end end-outline marker lamps fitted to vehicles in accordance with ADR 13/… and required to comply with ADR 49/00 must comply with either: a) The technical requirements of Appendix A as varied by part 5. Exemptions and Alternative Procedures and part 6. Supplementary General Requirements: or b) The alternative standards set out in part 7. Alternative Standards. 5. EXEMPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES 5.1. The following provisions of Appendix A do not apply to this vehicle standard 5.1.1. Section 2 Application for approval Section 3 Markings Section 4 Approval Section 9 Conformity of production – partial (for particular deletions to the section refer to paragraphs 5.1.2) Section 10 Penalties for non conformity of production Section 11 Production definitely discontinued Section 13 Names and addresses of technical services responsible for conducting approval tests, and of administrative departments Section 14 Transitional provisions Annexes Annex 2 Communication concerning the approval (or refusal or withdrawal of approval or production definitely discontinued) of a type of reflex reflecting device pursuant to Regulation No. 7 Annex 3 Examples of arrangements of approval marks 5.1.2. Paragraphs 2.3 and 3.3 in Annex 7 6. SUPPLEMENTARY GENERAL REQUIREMENTS The following general requirements are supplementary to the requirements of Appendix A: 6.1. The requirements and procedures set out in Annexes 6 and 7 of Appendix A are acceptable for the purposes of demonstrating compliance with the technical requirements of this standard. 6.2. The colour of emitted light shall be as indicated in Table 1 of paragraph 6.2 of ADR 13/00. 6.2.1. The colour of front end outline marker lamps may be amber in which case the following trichromatic coordinates apply: Limit towards yellow: y  0.429 Limit towards red: y  0.398 Limit towards white: y  0.007 7. ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS 7.1. The technical requirements of United Nations Regulation No. 7 - UNIFORM PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF FRONT AND REAR POSITION LAMPS, STOP LAMPS AND END-OUTLINE MARKER LAMPS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR TRAILERS, including any versions in the 01 series and 02 series of amendments. 8. NOTES 8.1. In place of Regulation No 48 where referenced in Appendix A, read ADR 13/00. 8.2. In place of Regulation No 37 where referenced in Appendix A, read ADR 51/00. APPENDIX A