Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations

VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 45

      (1) Glazing used in a windscreen of a motor vehicle must have a luminous transmittance of at least –

(a) for a motor vehicle built after 1971, 75%; or

(b) for another motor vehicle, 70%.

      (2) Windscreen glazing of a motor vehicle must not be coated in a way that reduces its luminous transmittance.

      (3) However, subregulations (1) and (2) do not apply to the greater of the following areas of a windscreen:

(a) the area above the highest point of the windscreen that is swept by a windscreen wiper;

(b) the upper 10% of the windscreen.

      (4) Glazing used in an interior partition or window of a motor vehicle must have a luminous transmittance of at least 70%.

      (5) Glazing used in an interior partition or window of a motor vehicle, other than the windscreen, may be coated to achieve a luminous transmittance of not less than 35%.

      (6) Subregulation (5) does not apply to –

(a) glazing or coating fitted before 1 October 1996 behind the rear of the driver's seat of a vehicle; or

(b) glazing or coating behind the rear of the driver's seat of a bus, stretch limousine, ambulance or hearse; or

(c) glazing or coating adjacent to the rear of an area of a motor vehicle designed and built to carry goods.

Examples for paragraph (c):

The area without seats behind the rear seat of a station wagon.

The tray of a utility, van or truck.

      (7) Glazing that has been coated to reduce its luminous transmittance must not have a reflectance of over 10%.

      (8) The luminous transmittance requirements in subregulation (5) apply to a vehicle instead of the corresponding requirements of the relevant ADR.