Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 2021
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Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 2021
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Transparent material used in a windscreen, window or interior partition of a motor vehicle must be of approved material if— the vehicle was built after June 1953; or the material was first fitted to the vehicle after June 1953. In this section— ANSI means a standard approved and published by the American National Standards Institute. approved material means material with the same characteristics as the material mentioned in any of the following standards— AS R1—1965 (Australian Standard for safety glass for land transport) AS R1—1968 (Australian Standard for safety glass for land transport) AS 2080—1977 (Australian Standard for safety glass for vehicles) BS 857:1967 (British Standard for specification for safety glass for land transport) BS 5282:1975 (British Standard for specification for road vehicle safety glass) BS AU178:1980 (British Standard for specification for road vehicle safety glass) JIS R 3211—1979 (Japanese Industrial Standard for safety glasses for road vehicles) ANSI Z26.1—1980 (American National Standards Institute standard for safety code for safety glazing materials for glazing motor vehicles operating on land highways). JIS means a Japanese Industrial Standard published by the Japanese Standards Association. transparent material does not include any coating added to the windscreen, window or partition after its manufacture. (sch.1-sec.43-ssec.1) Transparent material used in a windscreen, window or interior partition of a motor vehicle must be of approved material if— the vehicle was built after June 1953; or the material was first fitted to the vehicle after June 1953. (sch.1-sec.43-ssec.2) In this section— ANSI means a standard approved and published by the American National Standards Institute. approved material means material with the same characteristics as the material mentioned in any of the following standards— AS R1—1965 (Australian Standard for safety glass for land transport) AS R1—1968 (Australian Standard for safety glass for land transport) AS 2080—1977 (Australian Standard for safety glass for vehicles) BS 857:1967 (British Standard for specification for safety glass for land transport) BS 5282:1975 (British Standard for specification for road vehicle safety glass) BS AU178:1980 (British Standard for specification for road vehicle safety glass) JIS R 3211—1979 (Japanese Industrial Standard for safety glasses for road vehicles) ANSI Z26.1—1980 (American National Standards Institute standard for safety code for safety glazing materials for glazing motor vehicles operating on land highways). JIS means a Japanese Industrial Standard published by the Japanese Standards Association. transparent material does not include any coating added to the windscreen, window or partition after its manufacture.