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AUSTRALIAN VEHICLE STANDARDS RULES - REG 44

Window tinting

    (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, subrules (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 a window or interior partition of a motor vehicle must have a luminous transmittance of at least 70%.

    (5)     Glazing behind the rear of the driver's seat may be coated to achieve a luminous transmittance of not less than 35%.

    (6)     Glazing in a side window forward of the rear of the driver's seat may be coated to achieve a luminous transmittance of not less than 70% or, if another law of this jurisdiction allows a lesser luminous transmittance, the greater of:

        (a)     the lesser luminous transmittance allowed under the other law; and

        (b)     35%.

    (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 subrules (5) and (6) apply to a vehicle instead of the corresponding requirements in the relevant ADR.

    (9)     In this rule:

"glazing" means material fitted to the front, sides, rear or interior of a vehicle, through which the driver can see the road, but does not include a coating added after manufacture of the material.

"luminous transmittance", for glazing, means the amount of light that can pass through the glazing as a percentage of the amount of light that would be transmitted if the glazing were absent.



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