Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 213.4
213.4 (1) The following definitions apply in this section. Test Method 213.4 means Test Method 213.4 — Built-in Restraint Systems and Built-in Booster Seats (November 2012). ( Méthode d’essai 213.4 ) TSD 209 means Technical Standards Document No. 209, Seat Belt Assemblies , as amended from time to time. ( DNT 209 ) (2) For the purposes of this section, a reference in TSD 209 to webbing, a belt buckle or a related piece of adjustment hardware that is part of a Type 1 seat belt assembly is to be read as a reference to webbing, a belt buckle or a related piece of adjustment hardware that is part of a built-in restraint system. (3) Every built-in restraint system and built-in booster seat shall be constructed only of materials that conform to the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 302, Flammability of Interior Materials , as amended from time to time. (4) Every built-in restraint system shall, when the anthropomorphic test device is positioned in the restraint system in accordance with subsection 5.4 of Test Method 213.4, (a) restrain the upper torso by means of (i) belts passing over each shoulder, or (ii) a fixed or movable surface that conforms to the requirements of subsection (11); (b) restrain the lower torso by means of (i) a belt making an angle of at least 45° but not more than 90° with the seating surface of the restraint system at the belt attachment points, or (ii) a fixed or movable surface that conforms to the requirements of subsection (11); and (c) restrain the crotch by means of (i) a crotch belt that is connectable to the belt referred to in subparagraph (b)(i) or to the surface referred to in subparagraph (b)(ii), or (ii) a fixed or movable surface that conforms to the requirements of subsection (11). (5) Every belt that is part of a built-in restraint system and that is designed to restrain a person shall be adjustable to snugly fit a person whose mass and height are within the ranges indicated in the statement required by paragraph (19)(a), when the person is positioned in the restraint system in accordance with the instructions referred to in subsection (21). (6) Every belt buckle and related piece of adjustment hardware that is part of a built-in restraint system shall conform to the requirements of S4.3(a)(2), except the requirement respecting the transfer of corrosion, and S4.3(b) of TSD 209. (7) Every belt buckle that is fitted on a belt designed to restrain a person in a built-in restraint system shall (a) under the conditions set out in section 4 of Test Method 213.4, (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 6 of Test Method 213.4, 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 the push-button of a belt buckle designed for push-button application shall be at least 385 mm 2 ; and (d) not release during the dynamic test specified in section 5 of Test Method 213.4. (8) Any webbing that is designed to restrain a person within a built-in restraint system shall (a) when tested in accordance with S5.1(b) of TSD 209 before being tested as set out in paragraphs (b) to (d), have a breaking strength of at least 11 000 N; (b) when tested in accordance with S5.1(b) of TSD 209 after being subjected to abrasion as specified in S5.1(d) of TSD 209, have a breaking strength of at least 75% of the breaking strength determined in accordance with paragraph (a); (c) when tested in accordance with S5.1(b) of TSD 209 after being subjected to buckle abrasion as specified in S5.3(c) of TSD 209, have a breaking strength of at least 75% of the breaking strength determined in accordance with paragraph (a): (d) when tested in accordance with S5.1(b) of TSD 209 after being subjected to light exposure as specified in S5.1(e) of TSD 209, have a breaking strength of at least 60% of t