(1) | A motor vehicle may be equipped— |
(a) | in front with one or two parking lamps which shall be visible directly from the front; |
(b) | at the rear with one or two parking lamps which shall be visible directly from the rear; or |
(c) | at each side with one parking lamp which shall be visible directly from the front and from the rear. |
(a) | contemplated in subregulation (1)(a), may form part of a head lamp contemplated in regulation 159, a fog lamp contemplated in regulation 163 or a front position lamp contemplated in regulation 166; and |
(b) | contemplated in subregulation (1)(b), may form part of a fog lamp contemplated in regulation 163, a rear lamp contemplated in regulation 168 or a stop lamp contemplated in regulation 169. |
(3) | If a motor vehicle is, in terms of subregulation (1), equipped at the front or at the rear with— |
(a) | one parking lamp, such lamp shall be fitted on the right side of the motor vehicle; or |
(b) | two parking lamps, one parking lamp shall be fitted on each side of the longitudinal centre-line of the motor vehicle, |
so that the portion of the illuminating surface thereof furthest from the longitudinal centre-line of the motor vehicle is not further than 400 millimetre from the outer-edge of the front or rear of the motor vehicle, as the case may be: Provided that in the case of a motor vehicle registered prior to 1 July 1990 the portion of illuminating surface of the parking lamp furthest from the longitudinal centre-line of the motor vehicle may be not further than 500 millimetres from the outer-edge of the front or rear of the motor vehicle.