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Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2017
44ANSW rule: glazing in windscreens, windows and interior partitions
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#### 44A NSW rule: glazing in windscreens, windows and interior partitions
44A NSW rule: glazing in windscreens, windows and interior partitions
(cf 2007 reg Sch 2 cl 46)
> > (1) Rule 44 does not apply in relation to—
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> > > (a) any part of the glazing of a window (other than a windscreen) or interior partition of a motor vehicle that was first registered (whether or not in New South Wales) before 1 August 1994, if that part of the glazing has a luminous transmittance of not less than—
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> > > > (i) 35% (except when subparagraph (ii) applies), or
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> > > > (ii) the luminous transmittance it had immediately before 1 August 1994 if it had a luminous transmittance of less than 35% at that time, or
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> > > (b) any part of the glazing of a window (other than a windscreen) or interior partition of a motor vehicle that was first registered (whether or not in New South Wales) on or after 1 August 1994, if—
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> > > > (i) that part of the glazing has a luminous transmittance of not less than 35%, and
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> > > > (ii) the motor vehicle is equipped with an external rear vision mirror, or external rear vision mirrors, complying with the requirements of rule 34, or
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> > > (c) any part of the glazing of a window or interior partition in a caravan, or
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> > > (d) any part of the glazing of a windscreen, window or interior partition in a motor vehicle that was first registered before 1 July 1984, being glazing that was fitted to the motor vehicle on or before the date on which it was so registered.
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> > (2) For the purposes of rule 44 and this rule, the luminous transmittance or reflectance of glazing must be determined in accordance with the luminous transmittance test or the reflectance test, as the case may require, set out in any technical specification published by or adopted by Transport for NSW from time to time.