41Windscreens and windows

41 Windscreens and windows

(1)  In this regulation –

approved material means material with the same characteristics as material specified in any of the following standards:

(a) Australian Standard AS R1-1965 Safety Glass for Land Transport;

(b) Australian Standard AS R1-1968 Safety Glass for Land Transport;

(c) Australian Standard AS 2080-1977 Safety Glass for Vehicles;

(d) British Standard BS 857:1967 Specification for Safety Glass for Land Transport;

(e) British Standard BS 5282:1975 Specification for Road Vehicle Safety Glass;

(f) British Standard BS AU178:1980 Specification for Road Vehicle Safety Glass;

(g) Japanese Industrial Standard JIS R3211-1979 Safety Glasses for Road Vehicles;

(h) American National Standard ANSI Z26.1-1980 Safety Code for Safety Glazing Materials for Glazing Motor Vehicles Operating on Land Highway;

transparent material does not include any coating added to the windscreen, window or partition after its manufacture.

(2)  Transparent material used in a windscreen, window, or an interior partition, of a light motor vehicle must be of approved material if –

(a) the vehicle was built after June 1953; or

(b) the material was first fitted to the vehicle after June 1953.

(3)  A window on a bus must be –

(a) sound and properly fitted; and

(b) if movable, fitted with a suitable device for opening and closing.

(4)  Unless a bus is adequately ventilated by means of a fan-forced "jet air" or fan-forced air conditioning system, part of the glass in at least half of its window frames must be capable of being opened.