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Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 407
Dynamic testing 407 A booster seat that is subjected to a dynamic test in accordance with section 3 of Test Method 213.2 must, when in any adjustment position, (a) exhibit no complete separation of any load-bearing structural element, and no partial separation exposing a surface with (i) a protrusion of more than 9.5 mm, or (ii) a radius of less than 6.4 mm; (b) remain in the same adjustment position during the test as it was in immediately before the test began, except a component of the booster seat used to ensure that the vehicle seat belt is adjusted as recommended by the manufacturer; (c) except in the case of a booster seat tested with the anthropomorphic test device specified in subpart S, part 572, chapter V, title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States (revised as of October 1, 2012), limit the resultant acceleration at the location of the accelerometer mounted in the upper thorax of the anthropomorphic test device to not more than 60 g, except for intervals of not more than 3 ms; (d) except in the case of a booster seat tested with the anthropomorphic test device specified in subpart S, part 572, chapter V, title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States (revised as of October 1, 2012), limit the resultant acceleration of the centre of gravity of the head of the anthropomorphic test device during the movement of the head towards the front of the vehicle to not more than 80 g, except for intervals of not more than 3 ms, unless it is established that any resultant acceleration above 80 g is caused by another part of the anthropomorphic test device striking its head; (e) except in the case of a booster seat tested with the anthropomorphic test device specified in subpart S, part 572, chapter V, title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States (revised as of October 1, 2012), not allow any portion of the head of the anthropomorphic test device to pass through the vertical transverse plane — shown as the forward excursion limit in Figures 5 and 6 of Schedule 7 — that is 813 mm forward of the Z point on the standard seat assembly, measured along the SORL; and (f) except in the case of a booster seat tested with the anthropomorphic test device specified in subpart S, part 572, chapter V, title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States (revised as of October 1, 2012), not allow either knee pivot point to pass through the vertical transverse plane — shown as the forward excursion limit in Figures 5 and 6 of Schedule 7 — that is 915 mm forward of the Z point on the standard seat assembly, measured along the SORL. SOR/2013-117, s. 25
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 408
Quasi-static test 408 A booster seat that is subjected to a quasi-static test in accordance with section 4 of Test Method 213.2 must not deflect more than 25 mm. SOR/2013-117, s. 19
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 409
Information 409 (1) Every booster seat must have stitched onto it, indelibly moulded into or onto it, or indelibly printed on a label affixed to it in a permanent manner, the following information: (a) the name and principal place of business of the company that manufactured, imported or sold the booster seat; (b) the model name and number of the booster seat; (c) the date of manufacture of the booster seat, as shown in Schedule 5, with the year, month and day above the corresponding wording in both official languages; (d) a statement indicating that the booster seat must be used only by persons whose mass is at least 18 kg; (e) a statement indicating — in units based on the International System of Units followed by the corresponding imperial units in parentheses — the mass and height range of the persons for whom the manufacturer recommends the booster seat; and (f) an installation diagram that shows the booster seat occupant restrained to the vehicle by means of a continuous-loop lap and shoulder belt and the booster seat installed as recommended by the manufacturer, and (i) if the booster seat is equipped with a tether strap and the manufacturer recommends its use, the booster seat secured to the vehicle by means of the tether strap, and (ii) if the booster seat is equipped with a lower connector system and the manufacturer recommends its use, the booster seat secured to the vehicle by means of the lower connector system. Official languages and print size (2) The information referred to in subsection (1) must be in both official languages and in characters of at least 10 points, except for the words “year/année”, “month/mois” and “day/jour” under the date of manufacture, which may be in characters of at least 8 points. Visibility of information (3) The information referred to in paragraphs (1)(d) to (f) must be fully visible at all times, even when the booster seat is occupied.
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 410
Installation instructions 410 (1) Every booster seat must be accompanied by printed instructions, in both official languages, that set out a step-by-step procedure, including diagrams, for (a) installing and securing the booster seat in a vehicle; (b) positioning a person in the booster seat; and (c) adjusting every part of the booster seat. Idem (2) The instructions referred to in paragraph (1)(a) must state that the booster seat, even when unoccupied, must be firmly secured to the vehicle. Idem (3) The instructions must (a) specify the classes of vehicles, the seating positions and the types of vehicle seat belts with which the booster seat may or may not be used; (b) specify whether the booster seat may be used with a lower universal anchorage system; and (c) explain the primary consequences of not following the warnings appearing on the booster seat. Storage of instructions (4) Every booster seat must have a place for the storage of instructions.
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 500
Interpretation 500 In this Part, Test Method 213.3 means Test Method 213.3 — Restraint Systems for Disabled Persons (May 2012), published by the Department of Transport. SOR/2013-117, s. 22
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 501
Restraint of torso and crotch 501 Every restraint system for disabled persons must (a) restrain the upper torso by means of (i) in the case of a forward-facing restraint system, (A) belts passing over each shoulder, or (B) a fixed or movable surface that conforms to the requirements of section 514, or (ii) in the case of a rear-facing restraint system, belts passing over each shoulder; (b) restrain the lower torso by means of (i) a pelvic restraint making an angle of at least 45° but not more than 90° with the seating surface of the restraint system at the pelvic restraint attachment points, or (ii) a fixed or movable surface that conforms to the requirements of section 514; and (c) in the case of a forward-facing restraint system, restrain the crotch by means of (i) a crotch belt that is connectable to the pelvic restraint or to any other device used to restrain the lower torso, or (ii) a fixed or movable surface that conforms to the requirements of section 514.
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 502
Means of securing restraint system 502 (1) Subject to subsection (2), every mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons must be designed to be secured to a vehicle (a) by means of a vehicle seat belt, without using any other means of attachment; and (b) if the restraint system is equipped with a lower connector system and the manufacturer recommends its use, by means of the lower connector system, without using any other means of attachment. Restraint system with tether strap (2) If the mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons is equipped with a tether strap and the manufacturer recommends its use, the restraint system must be designed to be secured to a vehicle (a) by means of the tether strap together with a vehicle seat belt, without using any other means of attachment; and (b) if the restraint system is equipped with a lower connector system and the manufacturer recommends its use, by means of the tether strap together with the lower connector system, without using any other means of attachment.
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 503
Audible or visible indication 503 Every mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons that is equipped with a lower connector system must provide a clear, audible indication when each connector in a lower connector system is securely attached to the lower universal anchorage system or a clear, visual indication that each connector is securely attached to the lower universal anchorage system.
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 504
Custom restraint system 504 (1) Every custom restraint system for a disabled person, other than a custom restraint system for a disabled person that is designed to be used only in school buses, must be designed to be secured to a vehicle by means of a vehicle seat belt together with the tether strap provided with the restraint system, without using any other means of attachment. Custom restraint system — school buses (2) Every custom restraint system for a disabled person that is designed to be used only in school buses must be designed to be secured to a school bus by either or both of the following means: (a) a vehicle seat belt together with the tether strap provided with the restraint system, without using any other means of attachment; and (b) belts that wrap around a school bus seat or seat back, without using any other means of attachment.
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 505
Flammability 505 Every restraint system for disabled persons must be constructed only of materials that conform to the requirements of TSD 302. SOR/2013-117, s. 23
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 506
Belts 506 Every belt that is part of a restraint system for disabled persons and that is designed to restrain a disabled person must not impose on the person any loads that result from the mass of the restraint system.
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 507
Release mechanism of a belt 507 Every release mechanism of a belt used in a restraint system for disabled persons must (a) be easy to locate and to operate and be readily accessible to a person assisting the disabled person; (b) be designed to minimize the possibility of accidental release; and (c) not be of the hook and loop fastener type (for example, a Velcro-type fastener).
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 508
Conformity with TSD 209 508 Every belt buckle and related piece of adjustment hardware and every tether strap attachment and related piece of adjustment hardware that are part of a restraint system for disabled persons must conform to the requirements of S4.3(a)(2) and (b) of TSD 209.
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 509
Belts or movable surfaces designed to restrain a person — mass-produced restraint systems 509 Every belt or movable surface that is part of a mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons and that is designed to restrain a disabled person must be adjustable to snugly fit a person whose mass and height are within the ranges indicated in the statement referred to in paragraph 521(1)(d), when the person is positioned in the restraint system in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph 524(1)(b) and the restraint system is adjusted in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph 524(1)(c).
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 510
Belt buckles — mass-produced restraint systems 510 Every belt buckle that is fitted on a belt designed to restrain a disabled person in a mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons must (a) under the conditions set out in section 3 of Test Method 213.3, (i) not release when any force of less than 40 N is applied, and (ii) release when a force of at least 40 N but not more than 62 N is applied; (b) under the conditions set out in section 5 of Test Method 213.3, release when a force of not more than 71 N is applied; (c) conform to the requirements of S4.3(d)(2) of TSD 209, except that the surface area of a belt buckle designed for push-button application must be at least 385 mm 2 ; (d) conform to the requirements of S4.3(g) of TSD 209; and (e) not release during the dynamic tests specified in section 4 of Test Method 213.3. SOR/2013-117, s. 24
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 511
Belt buckles — custom restraint systems 511 Every belt buckle that is fitted on a belt designed to restrain a disabled person in a custom restraint system for a disabled person must (a) under the conditions set out in section 6 of Test Method 213.3, (i) not release when any force of less than 40 N is applied, and (ii) release when a force of at least 40 N but not more than 71 N is applied; (b) conform to the requirements of S4.3(d)(2) of TSD 209, except that the surface area of a belt buckle designed for push-button application must be at least 385 mm 2 ; and (c) conform to the requirements of S4.3(g) of TSD 209. SOR/2013-117, s. 24
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 512
Webbing 512 Any webbing that is designed to secure a restraint system for disabled persons to a user-ready tether anchorage or to a lower universal anchorage system, or to restrain a disabled person within the restraint system, must (a) when tested in accordance with S5.1(b) of TSD 209, before being tested for resistance to abrasion as specified in S5.1(d) or S5.3(c) of TSD 209, for resistance to light as specified in S5.1(e) of TSD 209 or for resistance to micro-organisms as specified in S5.1(f) of TSD 209, have a breaking strength of (i) at least 15 000 N, in the case of webbing designed to secure the restraint system to the user-ready tether anchorage or to the lower universal anchorage system, or (ii) at least 11 000 N, in the case of webbing designed to restrain a disabled person within the restraint system; (b) when tested in accordance with S5.1(b) of TSD 209, after being tested for resistance to abrasion as specified in S5.1(d) or S5.3(c) of TSD 209, have a breaking strength of at least 75% of its initial breaking strength; (c) conform to the requirements respecting breaking strength set out in S4.2(e) and (f) of TSD 209; (d) in the case of a custom restraint system for a disabled person, have a width of not less than 38 mm, measured as specified in S5.1(a) of TSD 209, if contactable by the torso of a disabled person when the person is positioned in the restraint system; and (e) in the case of a mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons, have a width of not less than 38 mm, measured as specified in S5.1(a) of TSD 209, if contactable by the torso of a disabled person when the person is positioned in the restraint system in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph 524(1)(b) and the restraint system is adjusted in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph 524(1)(c). SOR/2013-117, s. 20
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 513
Removable surfaces 513 A surface of a restraint system for disabled persons that is placed in front of the disabled person must be removable when the restraint system is installed in a vehicle, unless the surface is designed to restrain the person.
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 514
Cross-sections of surface 514 Every horizontal cross-section of a surface of a restraint system for disabled persons that is designed to limit the forward movement of a disabled person must be flat or concave, and every vertical longitudinal cross-section of that surface must be flat or convex with a radius of curvature of the underlying structure of not less than 50 mm.
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 515
Rigid structural elements 515 Any rigid structural element underlying a contactable surface of a restraint system for disabled persons must not have (a) a protrusion, with any padding or flexible overlay material removed, of more than 9.5 mm; or (b) an exposed edge with a radius of less than 6.4 mm.
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 516
Surface contactable by head — custom restraint system for a disabled person 516 (1) Every surface of a custom restraint system for a disabled person that is contactable by the head of a disabled person when the person is positioned in the restraint system must be covered with slow-recovery, energy-absorbing material that, when tested in accordance with section 7 of Test Method 213.3, has (a) a resistance of not less than 4 kPa but not more than 70 kPa at 25% of compression-deflection resistance; (b) a thickness of not less than 12 mm, if the material has a resistance of not less than 12 kPa but not more than 70 kPa at 25% of compression-deflection resistance; and (c) a thickness of not less than 19 mm, if the material has a resistance of not less than 4 kPa but less than 12 kPa at 25% of compression-deflection resistance. Surface contactable by head — mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons (2) Every surface of a mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons that is contactable by the head of a disabled person when the person is positioned in the restraint system in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph 524(1)(b) and the restraint system is adjusted in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph 524(1)(c) must be covered with slow-recovery, energy-absorbing material that, when tested in accordance with section 7 of Test Method 213.3, has (a) a resistance of not less than 4 kPa but not more than 70 kPa at 25% of compression-deflection resistance; (b) a thickness of not less than 12 mm, if the material has a resistance of not less than 12 kPa but not more than 70 kPa at 25% of compression-deflection resistance; and (c) a thickness of not less than 19 mm, if the material has a resistance of not less than 4 kPa but less than 12 kPa at 25% of compression-deflection resistance.
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 517
Inversion testing 517 If a restraint system for disabled persons is designed to be used in an aircraft, it must, when subjected to an inversion test in accordance with section 8 of Test Method 213.3, conform to the following requirements: (a) the restraint system must not fall out of the aircraft passenger seat belt at any time during the rotation or three-second immobilization period referred to in that section; and (b) the anthropomorphic test device must not fall out of the restraint system at any time during the rotation or three-second immobilization period referred to in that section.
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 518
Dynamic testing 518 (1) A mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons that is subjected to a dynamic test in accordance with section 4 of Test Method 213.3 must, when in any adjustment position for which there is no warning under subparagraph 521(1)(f)(ii), (a) exhibit no complete separation of any load-bearing structural element, and no partial separation exposing a surface with (i) a protrusion of more than 9.5 mm, or (ii) a radius of less than 6.4 mm; (b) remain in the same adjustment position during the test as it was in immediately before the test; (c) except in the case of a restraint system tested with the anthropomorphic test device specified in subpart S, part 572, chapter V, title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States (revised as of October 1, 2012), limit the resultant acceleration at the location of the accelerometer mounted in the upper thorax of the anthropomorphic test device to not more than 60 g, except for intervals of not more than 3 ms; and (d) except in the case of a restraint system tested with the anthropomorphic test device specified in subpart S, part 572, chapter V, title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States (revised as of October 1, 2012), limit the resultant acceleration of the centre of gravity of the head of the anthropomorphic test device during the movement of the head towards the front of the vehicle to not more than 80 g, except for intervals of not more than 3 ms, unless it is established that any resultant acceleration above 80 g is caused by another part of the anthropomorphic test device striking its head. Dynamic testing — levelling device (2) A rear-facing mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons that is subjected to a dynamic test in accordance with section 4 of Test Method 213.3 must conform to the requirements of paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) if the restraint system is equipped with a levelling device and (a) the adjustment position of the levelling device is not in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions; and (b) the other components of the restraint system are in any adjustment position for which there is no warning under subparagraph 521(1)(f)(ii). SOR/2013-117, s. 25
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 519
Forward-facing mass-produced restraint system 519 A forward-facing mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons that is subjected to a dynamic test in accordance with section 4 of Test Method 213.3 must not, when in any adjustment position for which there is no warning under subparagraph 521(1)(f)(ii), (a) except in the case of a restraint system tested with the anthropomorphic test device specified in subpart S, part 572, chapter V, title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States (revised as of October 1, 2012), allow any portion of the head of the anthropomorphic test device to pass through the vertical transverse plane — shown as the forward excursion limit in Figures 5 and 6 of Schedule 7 — that, measured along the SORL, is (i) 720 mm forward of the Z point on the standard seat assembly in the case of a restraint system designed to be used by a person whose mass is not more than 30 kg, and (ii) 813 mm forward of the Z point on the standard seat assembly for a restraint system designed to be used by a person whose mass is more than 30 kg; (b) except in the case of a restraint system tested with the anthropomorphic test device specified in subpart S, part 572, chapter V, title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States (revised as of October 1, 2012), allow either knee pivot point to pass through the vertical transverse plane — shown as the forward excursion limit in Figures 5 and 6 of Schedule 7 — that is 915 mm forward of the Z point on the standard seat assembly, measured along the SORL; and (c) allow the angle between the restraint system’s back support surface and seating surface to be less than 45° at the completion of the test. SOR/2013-117, s. 25