(1) Any motor vehicle designed for or capable of cross-country travel on or immediately over land, water, sand, snow, ice, marsh, swampland or other natural terrain is exempt from the sections governing vehicle equipment described in this section if the vehicle:

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(a) Is operated in an area described under ORS § 821.020; and

(b) Complies with the equipment requirements under ORS § 821.040.

(2) The exemption under this section is an exemption from the prohibitions under all of the following paragraphs:

(a) Nonstandard lighting equipment under ORS § 816.300.

(b) Required lighting equipment under ORS § 816.330.

(c) Prohibited lighting equipment under ORS § 816.360.

(d) Violation of state equipment administrative rules under ORS § 815.100.

(e) Slow-moving vehicle emblem requirements under ORS § 815.115.

(f) Mudguard and fender requirements under ORS § 815.185.

(g) Visible emission limits under ORS § 815.200.

(h) Requirements for window materials under ORS § 815.040.

(i) Obstruction of windows under ORS § 815.220.

(j) Limits on sound equipment under ORS § 815.225.

(k) Sound equipment requirements under ORS § 815.230.

(L) Rearview mirror requirements under ORS § 815.235.

(m) Limits on image display device use under ORS § 815.240.

(n) Exhaust system requirements under ORS § 815.250.

(o) Speedometer requirements under ORS § 815.255.

(p) Disposal system requirements under ORS § 815.260.

(q) Helmet requirements under ORS § 814.260 to 814.280, except that a person is required to meet the helmet requirements described in ORS § 821.202 and 821.203. [1983 c.338 § 710; 1999 c.565 § 3; 2005 c.572 § 4; 2017 c.453 § 2a]