Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 205
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 subsections (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 the 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. SOR/82-656, s. 4; SOR/84-336, s. 1; SOR/86-161, s. 2; SOR/88-268, s. 11; SOR/93-5, s. 3(F); SOR/94-670, s. 2(F); SOR/94-717, s. 2; SOR/2002-55, s. 16; SOR/2002-187, s. 2; SOR/2003-272, s. 22; SOR/2004-250, s. 4; SOR/2006-94, s. 4(E); SOR/2017-57, s. 5(F)