Specification of Safety Glass Notice
(Cap. 374 sub. leg. A, regulation 28)
[15 January 1988]
(Format changes—E.R. 3 of 2023)
In this Notice— (E.R. 3 of 2023)
hard safety plastic (硬質安全塑膠) means inflexible safety plastic of not less than 6 mm in thickness; safety plastic (安全塑膠) means flexible or hard safety glazing material predominantly synthetic organic in character, including laminated products and single sheets, so constructed, treated or combined with other materials as to reduce, in comparison with ordinary sheet glass or plate glass, the likelihood of injury to persons by objects from exterior sources or by the safety glazing material when it may be cracked or broken; wired safety glass (鐵絲網安全玻璃) means a single sheet of glass with a layer of meshed wire completely imbedded in the glass but not necessarily in the centre of the sheet.The types of glass and transparent material specified in paragraph 4 are approved for the purposes of regulation 28(1)(a).
Subject to subparagraphs (2) and (3) the glass or transparent material used in all windscreens, windows and partitions of a motor vehicle shall be safety glass or safety glazing that—
complies with British Standard Specification BS 857 with amendments up to AMD 3548 dated 15 February 1981;
complies with British Standard Specification BS 5282;
complies with British Standard Specification BS AU 178;
complies with Economic Commission of Europe Regulation ECE 43; or
is hard safety plastic.
The glass or transparent material used in the rear cabin window of a motor vehicle used to carry dangerous goods within the meaning of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance (Cap. 295) shall be wired safety glass.
The glass or transparent material used in the rear window in any removable canopy to the driver or passenger accommodation of a motor vehicle may be safety plastic.