MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations

Standard 108.1

• Alternative Requirements for Headlamps
• Established by

Alternative Requirements for Headlamps

108.1 (1) As an alternative to the headlamps required by section 108, a passenger car, three-wheeled vehicle, multi-purpose passenger vehicle, bus and truck may be equipped with headlamps that

(a) comply with

(i) ECE Regulation No. 8, Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Motor Vehicle Headlamps Emitting an Asymmetrical Passing Beam or a Driving Beam or Both and Equipped with Halogen Filament Lamps (H₁, H₂, H₃, HB₃, HB₄, H₇, H₈, H₉, HIR1, HIR2 and/or H₁₁), as amended from time to time,
      
(ii) ECE Regulation No. 20, Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Motor Vehicle Headlamps Emitting an Asymmetrical Passing Beam or a Driving Beam or Both and Equipped with Halogen Filament Lamps (H₄ Lamps), as amended from time to time,
           
(iii) ECE Regulation No. 31, Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Halogen Sealed-beam Unit (HSB Unit) Motor Vehicle Headlamps Emitting an Asymmetrical Passing Beam or a Driving Beam or Both, as amended from time to time,
             
(iv) ECE Regulation No. 98, Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Motor Vehicle Headlamps Equipped with Gas-discharge Light Sources, as amended from time to time, or
                    
(v) ECE Regulation No. 112, Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Motor Vehicle Headlamps Emitting an Asymmetrical Passing Beam or a Driving Beam or Both and Equipped with Filament Lamps, as amended from time to time;

(b) despite the requirements of the ECE Regulations referred to in this section, are set to be used on vehicles designed to travel on the right-hand side of the road;

(c) provide two upper beams and two lower beams;

(d) conform to

(i) paragraphs S5.1.2, S5.5.9, S7.4(g) and (h), S7.8.2, S7.8.2.1(a) and (b), S7.8.2.2, S7.8.3, S7.8.4 and S7.8.5.1(c) of TSD 108, and

(ii) subsections 108(29) and, if applicable, (30);

(e) comply with sections 5.1.2, 5.1.4 and, if applicable, 5.1.6 of SAE Standard J580, Sealed Beam Headlamp Assembly (December 1986);

(f) are fitted with bulbs that conform to

(i) a document referred to in paragraph 108(5)(a) or the information provided pursuant to paragraph 108(5)(b), and

(ii) paragraph S7.7 of TSD 108,  except that the "DOT" symbol referred to in paragraphs S7.7(a) and (e)(7) is not required; and

(g) when activated in a steady-burning state, do not have any styling ornament or other feature, such as a translucent cover or grill, in front of the lens.

(2) As an alternative to the headlamps required by section 108, motorcycles may be equipped with headlamps that emit white light and that

(a) provide one upper beam and one lower beam, or two upper beams and two lower beams;

(b) comply with

(i) subparagraphs (1)(a)(i) to (iii) and (v) and paragraphs (1)(b) and (d) to (f),
               
(ii) ECE Regulation No. 57, Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Headlamps for Motor Cycles and Vehicles Treated as Such, as amended from time to time,
             
(iii) ECE Regulation No. 72, Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Motor Cycle Headlamps Emitting an Asymmetrical Passing Beam and a Driving Beam and Equipped with Halogen Lamps (HS₁ Lamps), as amended from time to time, or
                  
(iv) ECE Regulation No. 113, Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Motor Vehicle Headlamps Emitting a Symmetrical Passing Beam or a Driving Beam or Both and Equipped with Filament Lamps, as amended from time to time; and

3) As an alternative to the requirements of the ECE Regulations referred to in this section, headlamps fitted on a vehicle may emit white light as specified in SAE Standard J578, Color Specification (May 1988).

(4) For the purposes of this section, the following requirements of the ECE Regulations referred to in subsections (1) and (2) do not apply:

(a) any requirements respecting the approval process;

(b) any requirements respecting the marking of approved headlamps; and

(c) any requirements respecting

(i) the conformity of headlamp production to the type approved,
        
(ii) the penalties for non-conformity of production, and
               
(iii) the modification of a headlamp type and extension of approval.

(5) The total intensity of the upper beams of the headlamps of a vehicle equipped pursuant to this section shall not exceed 225,000 cd at any point in the beam pattern when measured at 12 V.

(6) Except for headlamps with plastic lenses, wipers may be fitted to the headlamps of a vehicle equipped pursuant to this section, if the headlamps conform to all of the applicable photometric requirements when the wipers are stopped in any position in front of the lenses.

Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978.

amended by

SOR/79-305 30 March, 1979 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Section 109 of Schedule IV.

SOR/79-940 6 December, 1979 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Section 109 of Schedule IV is renumbered section 108.1.

SOR/84-812 18 October, 1984 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Section 108.1 of Schedule IV.

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

SOR/91-692 28 November, 1991 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Paragraph 108.1(1)(a)(iv) and (v) of Schedule IV are revoked; paragraphs 108.1(1)(c) to (f) of Schedule IV; subsection 108.1(2) of Schedule IV; subsection 108.1(5) of Schedule IV; and subsection 108.1(7) of Schedule IV is revoked.

SOR/94-670 25 October, 1994 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Subsection 108.1(1) of Schedule IV preceding paragraph (a) of the French version.

SOR/96-366 10 July, 1996 pursuant to section 5, subsection 11(1) and section 12 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

The heading preceding section 108.1 of Schedule IV; paragraph 108.1(1)(b) of Schedule IV; paragraph 108.1(1)(d) of Schedule IV; paragraph 108.1(f) of Schedule IV; and subsection 108.1(2) of Schedule IV.

SOR/99-112 4 March, 1999, pursuant to subsection 5(1) and section 11 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, into force on March 29, 1999.

Subparagraph 108.1(1)(d)(i) of Schedule IV;  subsection 108.1(1) of Schedule IV; Subsection 108.1(4) is replaced; Subsection 108.1(5)  is repealed.

SOR/99-426 28 October, 1999, pursuant to subsection 5(1) and section 11 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, into force on October 28, 1999.

Subsection 108.1(6) of Schedule IV is repealed.

SOR/2001-60 30 January, 2001, pursuant to subsection 5(1) and section 11 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, into force on May 19, 2001.

Subparagraph 108.1(1)(f)(ii) of Schedule IV is replaced.

The portion of paragraph 108.1(1) of Schedule IV before paragraph (a) is replaced.

SOR/2003-272 24 July 2003 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, comes into force 24 July 2003.

The portion of subsection 108.1(1) of Schedule IV before paragraph (a) is replaced.

SOR/2003-294 13 August 2003 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, comes into force 13 August 2003.

The portion of subsection 108.1(1) of Schedule IV before paragraph (c) is replaced; Subparagraph 108.1(1)(d)(i) of Schedule IV to the English version is replaced; The portion of subsection 108.1(2) of Schedule IV before paragraph (c) is replaced; Subsections 108.1(3) and (4) of Schedule IV are replaced.