MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations

Standard 205

• Glazing Materials
• Established by

Glazing Materials

205. (1) For the purposes of this section, "bus", "motorhome", "multi-purpose passenger vehicle", "passenger car", "readily removable windows", "trailer", and "truck" in the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard--1996 shall have the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of these Regulations.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the definition "motor vehicle" in the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard--1996 does not apply.

(3) Subject to subsection (4) to (13), each piece of glazing material for use in a vehicle, except a trailer other than a bus trailer, shall meet the requirements of the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard--1996.

(4) In the event of any inconsistency or conflict between the requirements for items 1 to 16B listed in section 4.2 of the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard--1996 and the requirements shown in Table 1 of that Standard, the latter shall prevail.

(5) Any glazing material for use in a multi-purpose passenger vehicle shall meet the requirements specified in the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard—1996 for glazing material for use in trucks.

(5.1) Any glazing material for use in a three-wheeled vehicle shall meet the requirements specified in the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard—1996 for glazing materials for use in passenger cars.

(6) Despite section 6 of the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard--1996, the exposed edges of tempered glazing material installed in school buses need not be banded.

(7) Instead of using the procedures described in the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard--1996 for tests 1 and 16 described in that Standard, those tests may be conducted using the procedures described for tests 1 and 16 in the ANSI Z26 Safety Code--1990.

(8) Instead of using the steel frame made in accordance with Figure 1 in the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard--1996 required for tests 6, 8 to 14, 26 and 29 described in that Standard, those tests may be conducted using a maple or similar hardwood frame made in accordance with Figure 1 in the ANSI Z26 Safety Code--1990.

(9) Instead of conducting the fracture test using the procedure for test 7 described in ANSI Z26 Safety Standard--1996 and testing the specimens specified in that test, the fracture test may be conducted using the following procedure:

(a) test the uncracked and unbroken specimens remaining from test 6 described in the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard--1996;

(b) continue the procedure for test 6 by increasing the height from which the sphere is dropped by increments of 305 mm starting from a height of 3.35 m until each specimen is broken; and

(c) interpret the results in accordance with test 7.

(10) When conducting tests 9 and 12 described in the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard--1996, the specimens of the glazing materials listed in item 14 of section 4 of the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard--1996 may be clamped in the frame of the holding fixture.

(11) When conducting test 26 described in the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard--1996, the specimens of the glazing materials listed in item 14 of section 4 of the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard--1996 shall be clamped in the frame of the holding fixture.

(12) Any plastic glazing material that meets the requirements of item 7 of section 4 of the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard--1996 may be used in that portion of a motorcycle windshield that is below an imaginary horizontal plane located 380 mm vertically above the lowest seating position.

(13) Each piece of glazing material installed in a vehicle shall be legibly and permanently marked with

(a) the appropriate marking required by section 7 of the ANSI Z26 Safety Standard--1996; and

(b) an approved code mark, assigned by the Minister to the glazing material manufacturer, in letters and numbers not less than 1.8 mm in height.

Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978.

amended by

SOR/82-656 30 June, 1982 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, effective September 1, 1982

Paragraph 205(3)(b) of Schedule IV.

SOR/84-336 19 April, 1984 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Subsection 205(1) of Schedule IV, subsection 205(3) of Schedule IV preceding paragraph (a), subsection 205(4) of Schedule IV, subsection 205(8) of Schedule IV and section 205 of Schedule IV by adding subsection (9).

SOR/86-161 23 January, 1986 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Subsection 205(7) of Schedule IV and section 205 of Schedule IV by adding subsections (10) and (11).

SOR/88-268 5 May, 1988 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, effective September 1, 1988

Paragraph 205(3)(b) of Schedule IV.

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

SOR/93-5 21 December, 1992 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Subsection 205(2) of Schedule IV to the French version preceding paragraph (a); and paragraph 205(3)(a) of Schedule IV to the French version.

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

Subsection 205(5) of Schedule IV of the French version.

SOR/94-717 15 November, 1994 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Revoked and replaced.

Subsection 205(5) of Schedule IV is replaced.

SOR/2002-187 9 May, 2002 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, come into force on May 9, 2002

Section 205 of Schedule IV 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.

Section 205 of Schedule IV is amended by adding subsection (5.1) after subsection (5).

SOR/2004-250 16 November, 2004 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, comes into force 16 November, 2004.

Subsection 205(5) of Schedule IV is replaced.