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Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 216
Forward-facing child restraint system 216 (1) A forward-facing child restraint system that is subjected to a dynamic test in accordance with section 4 of Test Method 213 must not, when in any adjustment position for which there is no warning under subparagraph 218(1)(e)(iii), (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 is 720 mm forward of the Z point on the standard seat assembly, measured along the SORL; (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. Exception (2) A forward-facing child restraint system is not required to conform to the requirements of paragraphs 215(1)(e) and (f) if the target point located on either side of the head of the heaviest of the anthropomorphic test devices used in the dynamic test — other than an anthropomorphic test device specified in subpart I, N or S, part 572, chapter V, title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States (revised as of October 1, 2012) — and located on the transverse axis passing through the centre of mass of the device’s head and perpendicular to the head’s midsagittal plane is below a horizontal plane tangent to the top of the standard seat assembly when the anthropomorphic test device is positioned in the restraint system in accordance with subsection 4.4.2 or 4.5.2 of Test Method 213 and the restraint system is installed on the standard seat assembly in accordance with subsection 4.4.1 or 4.5.1 of Test Method 213. SOR/2013-117, s. 25
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Rear-facing child restraint system 217 A rear-facing child restraint system that is subjected to a dynamic test in accordance with section 4 of Test Method 213 must, when in any adjustment position for which there is no warning under subparagraph 218(1)(e)(iii), (a) retain the torso of the anthropomorphic test device within the restraint system, and not allow any portion of the target points on either side of the device’s head, located on the transverse axis passing through the centre of mass of the device’s head and perpendicular to the head’s midsagittal plane, to pass at any time, during or immediately after the test, either through the transverse orthogonal planes formed by the extension of the seat back frontal surface plane of the restraint system and by the plane that passes through the uppermost point of the restraint system, as shown in Figure 7 of Schedule 7, or through the vertical transverse plane passing through point X on the standard seat assembly, as shown in Figure 8 of Schedule 7; and (b) not allow the angle between the vertical and the back and head support surface, measured 240 mm above the seating surface, to be more than 70° at any time during the test.
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strap and the manufacturer recommends its use, by means of the tether strap, (ii) installed in a rear-facing position as recommended by the manufacturer in a seating position that is equipped only with a continuous-loop lap and shoulder belt, and secured to the vehicle by means of the belt and, if the restraint system is equipped with a tether strap and the manufacturer recommends its use, by means of the tether strap, and (iii) installed in a rear-facing position as recommended by the manufacturer in a seating position that is equipped with a lower universal anchorage system, and secured to the vehicle by means of a lower connector system and, if the restraint system is equipped with a tether strap and the manufacturer recommends its use, by means of the tether strap. 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 (g) must be fully visible at all times, even when the restraint system is occupied.
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Warning — air bag 219 (1) Every child restraint system that can be used in a rear-facing position must bear the air bag warning label shown in Schedule 6, and the label must conform to the requirements of that schedule. Idem (2) The label referred to in subsection (1) must be affixed in a permanent manner at either of the following locations and be fully visible to a person installing the restraint system: (a) on the side of the restraint system that will face the right front passenger door when the restraint system is facing rearward; or (b) at the location where the child’s head would rest or adjacent to that location.
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Installation instructions 220 (1) Every child restraint system 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 restraint system in a vehicle; (b) installing the restraint system in an aircraft passenger seat referred to in subsection 2.1.2 of Test Method 213; (c) positioning a child in the restraint system; and (d) adjusting every part of the restraint system that is designed to restrain the child. Idem (2) The instructions referred to in paragraph (1)(a) must state that the restraint system, 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 restraint system may or may not be used; (b) specify that the restraint system may be used with a lower universal anchorage system; and (c) explain the primary consequences of not following the warnings appearing on the restraint system. Storage of instructions (4) Every child restraint system must have a place for the storage of instructions.
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 300
Interpretation 300 In this Part, Test Method 213.1 means Test Method 213.1 — Infant Restraint Systems (May 2012), published by the Department of Transport. SOR/2013-117, s. 22
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Restraint system designed to face the rear 301 Every infant restraint system must be designed to face the rear of the vehicle.
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Restraint of torso 302 Every infant restraint system must, when the anthropomorphic test device is positioned in the restraint system in accordance with subsection 4.5.2 or 4.6.2 of Test Method 213.1, (a) restrain the upper torso by means of belts passing over each shoulder; and (b) restrain the lower torso.
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Means of securing restraint system 303 (1) Subject to subsection (2), every infant restraint system must be designed to be secured to a vehicle (a) by means of a vehicle seat belt in such a manner that the belt will not impose directly on the infant any loads that result from the mass of the restraint system, and without using any other means of attachment; and (b) by means of a lower connector system, without using any other means of attachment. Restraint system with tether strap (2) If an infant restraint system 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 in such a manner that the belt will not impose directly on the infant any loads that result from the mass of the restraint system, and without using any other means of attachment; and (b) by means of the tether strap together with a lower connector system, without using any other means of attachment.
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Restraint system with removable base 304 If an infant restraint system is manufactured with a removable base and the seating component of the restraint system is designed to be used in a vehicle with or without the base, the restraint system must be equipped with a lower connector system on the base.
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Part designed to restrain an infant 305 Every part of an infant restraint system that is designed to restrain an infant must be adjustable to snugly fit an infant whose mass and height are within the ranges indicated in the statement referred to in paragraph 316(1)(d), when the infant is positioned in the restraint system in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph 318(1)(c) and the restraint system is adjusted in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph 318(1)(d).
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Audible or visible indication 306 Every infant restraint 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.
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Flammability 307 Every infant restraint system must be constructed only of materials that conform to the requirements of TSD 302. SOR/2013-117, s. 23
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Conformity with TSD 209 308 Every belt buckle and related piece of adjustment hardware and every tether strap attachment and related piece of adjustment hardware that are part of an infant restraint system must conform to the requirements of S4.3(a)(2) and (b) of TSD 209.
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Belt buckles 309 Every belt buckle that is fitted on a belt designed to restrain an infant in an infant restraint system must (a) under the conditions set out in section 3 of Test Method 213.1, (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 213.1, 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 213.1. SOR/2013-117, s. 24
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Webbing 310 Any webbing that is designed to secure an infant restraint system to a user-ready tether anchorage or to a lower universal anchorage system, or to restrain an infant 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 an infant 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; and (d) if contactable by the torso when the restraint system is tested in accordance with section 4 of Test Method 213.1, have a width of not less than 38 mm, measured as specified in S5.1(a) of TSD 209. SOR/2013-117, s. 17
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Contactable surfaces 311 Every infant restraint system must provide (a) for the support of the infant’s back, a continuous surface that is flat or concave and has an area of not less than 54 800 mm 2 ; and (b) for the support of the sides of the infant’s torso, continuous surfaces that are flat or concave and have an area of not less than 30 500 mm 2 each.
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Rigid structural elements 312 Any rigid structural element underlying a contactable surface of an infant restraint system 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.
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Surface contactable by head 313 Every surface of an infant restraint system that is contactable by the head of an anthropomorphic test device positioned in the restraint system in accordance with subsection 4.5.2 or 4.6.2 of Test Method 213.1 must be covered with slow-recovery, energy-absorbing material that, when tested in accordance with section 6 of Test Method 213.1, 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.
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Inversion testing 314 An infant restraint system that is subjected to an inversion test in accordance with section 7 of Test Method 213.1 must not fall out of the aircraft passenger seat belt, and 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.
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ad of the anthropomorphic test device during the dynamic test referred to in subsection (1). Measurement of height — paragraph (3)(a) (4) The height referred to in paragraph (3)(a) must be measured in a plane parallel to the surface of the seat back of the infant restraint system and orthogonal to the vertical longitudinal plane passing through the longitudinal centreline of the restraint system, from the lowest point of the restraint system’s seating surface that is contacted by the buttocks of the seated anthropomorphic test device. Exception (5) Despite paragraph (3)(b), if the infant restraint system provides surfaces for the support of the sides of the torso, and those surfaces extend at least 100 mm forward from the padded surface of the portion of the restraint system provided for the support of the head of the anthropomorphic test device, the restraint system may have a continuous seat back width of not less than 150 mm, measured in the horizontal plane at the height specified in paragraph (3)(a). Restraint system with means of automatic repositioning (6) If an infant restraint system that has a means of automatically repositioning the seating surface is subjected, in any adjustment position, to a dynamic test in accordance with section 4 of Test Method 213.1, an opening that is exposed and larger than 6.4 mm before the test must not become smaller during the test as a result of the movement of the seating surface relative to the other parts of the restraint system.
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Warning — air bag 317 (1) Every infant restraint system must bear the air bag warning label shown in Schedule 6, and the label must conform to the requirements of that schedule. Idem (2) The label referred to in subsection (1) must be affixed in a permanent manner at either of the following locations and be fully visible to a person installing the restraint system: (a) on the side of the restraint system that will face the right front passenger door when the restraint system is facing rearward; or (b) at the location where the infant’s head would rest or adjacent to that location.
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Installation instructions 318 (1) Every infant restraint system 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 restraint system in a vehicle; (b) installing the restraint system in an aircraft passenger seat referred to in subsection 2.1.2 of Test Method 213.1; (c) positioning an infant in the restraint system; and (d) adjusting every part of the restraint system that is designed to restrain the infant. Idem (2) The instructions referred to in paragraph (1)(a) must state that the restraint system, 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 restraint system may or may not be used; (b) specify that the restraint system may be used with a lower universal anchorage system; (c) if the restraint system has a means of automatically repositioning the seating surface, specify that the ability of the restraint system to change position must not be impeded; (d) explain the primary consequences of not following the warnings appearing on the restraint system; and (e) if the restraint system is manufactured with a removable base and the seating component of the restraint system is designed to be used in a vehicle with or without the base, specify whether the restraint system must be used with or without the base when the restraint system is installed in an aircraft passenger seat. Storage of instructions (4) Every infant restraint system must have a place for the storage of instructions.
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 400
Interpretation 400 In this Part, Test Method 213.2 means Test Method 213.2 — Booster Seats (May 2012), published by the Department of Transport. SOR/2013-117, s. 22
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Means of securing booster seat 401 (1) Subject to subsection (2), every booster seat 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 booster seat 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. Booster seat with tether strap (2) If the booster seat is equipped with a tether strap and the manufacturer recommends its use, the booster seat 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 booster seat 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. Forward movement of torso (3) A booster seat must not have any part that limits the forward movement of the torso during frontal impact.
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Audible or visible indication 402 Every booster seat 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.
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Flammability 403 Every booster seat must be constructed only of materials that conform to the requirements of TSD 302. SOR/2013-117, s. 23
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Conformity with TSD 209 404 Every tether strap attachment and related piece of adjustment hardware that is part of a booster seat must conform to the requirements of S4.3(a)(2) and (b) of TSD 209.
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Webbing 405 Any webbing that is designed to secure a booster seat to a user-ready tether anchorage or to a lower universal anchorage 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 at least 15 000 N; (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; and (c) conform to the requirements respecting breaking strength set out in S4.2(e) and (f) of TSD 209. SOR/2013-117, s. 18
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Rigid structural elements 406 Any rigid structural element underlying a contactable surface of a booster seat 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.