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Disclaimer: These documents are not the official versions (more). Section 216

MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations

Standard 216



Roof Intrusion Protection

216. No truck, multipurpose passenger vehicle or bus, except a school bus, that has a gross vehicle weight rating of 2 722 kg or less and no passenger car, except a convertible vehicle, shall, when tested on the left side and on the right side of the roof of the vehicle in accordance with Test Method 216 -- Roof Intrusion Protection (September 15, 2000), sustain an intrusion into the roof of more than 127 mm in depth, as measured in accordance with section 3.8.4 of the Test Method.

Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFTY ACT IS NOW M-10 OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF CANADA 1985.

amended by

SOR/94-291 14 April, 1994 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Section 216 of schedule IV is replaced.

SOR/2000-402 14 November, 2000 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act into force on December 14th 2000

Section 216 of schedule IV is replaced.


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