(1)  A person must not, while a vehicle is on a public street, use or allow another person to use a lit spotlight that is affixed to or being carried on the vehicle unless –

(a) the vehicle is stationary and the spotlight is being used solely for the purposes of inspecting or repairing a vehicle or its engine, if any; or

(b) the spotlight is being used solely to illuminate street signs or street numbers in order to locate an address; or

(c) the spotlight is being used solely for the purposes of legitimate infrastructure work.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , a spotlight is to be taken as being carried on a vehicle if the spotlight is connected up, by any means, to a battery, generator or other source of power being carried on –

(a) the vehicle; or

(b) another vehicle to which the first-mentioned vehicle is connected.

(3)  To avoid doubt, this section does not apply to the use of lit spotlights by any of the following persons acting in the course of their duty:

(a) members of the Police Service;

(b) officers of the Ambulance Service under the Ambulance Service Act 1982 ;

(c) members of the Tasmania Fire Service established under the Fire Service Act 1979 ;

(d) members of the State Emergency Service within the meaning of the Emergency Management Act 2006 ;

(e) prescribed persons.

(4)  In this section –

legitimate infrastructure work means the inspection, maintenance and repair of traffic-related, electricity, gas, water or other infrastructure by or on behalf of the entity responsible for the maintenance and safety of that infrastructure;

on , a vehicle, includes inside a vehicle;

repairing , a vehicle, includes changing a tyre on the vehicle;

spotlight includes searchlight.