South Australian Numbered Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (LIGHT VEHICLE STANDARDS) RULES 2018 (NO 5 OF 2018) - REG 43

43—Windscreens and windows

        (1)         In this rule—

"approved material" means material with the same characteristics as material mentioned 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 R 3211-1979 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 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.