Windscreens and windows
20 Windscreens and windows
Transparent material used in a windscreen, window or an interior partition of a heavy 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.
Subsection (1) does not apply to any coating added to the windscreen, window or partition after its manufacture.
In this section—approved material means material with the same characteristics as material mentioned in any of the following standards—
• AS R1-1965 ‘Safety Glass for Land Transport’
• AS R1-1968 ‘Safety Glass for Land Transport’
• AS 2080-1977 ‘Safety Glass for Vehicles’
• British Standard BS 857:1967 ‘Specification for Safety Glass for Land Transport’
• British Standard BS 5282:1975 ‘Specification for Road Vehicle Safety Glass’
• British Standard BS AU 178:1980 ‘Specification for Road Vehicle Safety Glass’
• Japanese Industrial Standard JIS R 3211-1979 ‘Safety Glasses for Road Vehicles’
• American National Standard ANSI Z26.1-1980 ‘Safety Code for Safety Glazing Materials for Glazing Motor Vehicles Operating on Land Highway’.
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