Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 208
estraint, and (D) can function when the seat is in any position in which it can be placed within that range; and (d) at each rear designated seating position that has a side-facing seat, (i) with a Type 2 manual seat belt assembly that conforms to the requirements of paragraph (a), (ii) with a Type 2 manual seat belt assembly that (A) has a pelvic restraint that can be adjusted by means of an emergency-locking retractor, an automatic-locking retractor or a manual adjusting device, and (B) cannot be detached from the pelvic restraint or from any anchorage point, or (iii) with a Type 1 manual seat belt assembly that (A) can be adjusted by means of an emergency-locking retractor, an automatic-locking retractor or a manual adjusting device, and (B) cannot be detached from any anchorage point. (6) Every school bus, transit bus, perimeter-seating bus and prison bus must be equipped, at the driver’s designated seating position, with a Type 2 manual seat belt assembly that (a) has an upper torso restraint that cannot be detached from the pelvic restraint; (b) can be adjusted by means of an emergency-locking retractor or an automatic-locking retractor; and (c) cannot be detached from any anchorage point. (7) [Repealed, SOR/2018-143-2, s. 4] (8) [Reserved] (9) An automatic-locking retractor that is installed in order for a seat belt assembly to conform to the requirements of paragraph (2)(e), (3)(a) or (b) or (5)(d) or subsection (6) shall (a) engage the next locking position when a length of seat belt webbing between 19 mm and 77 mm has moved into the retractor, as measured from an initial position determined by extending the seat belt webbing to 75 per cent of its total length from the retractor; and (b) if used on a vehicle seat that has a suspension system, be attached to the suspended portion of the seat. Seat Belt Fit (10) A Type 2 manual seat belt assembly shall be constructed so that when a 50th percentile adult male occupant is secured in place by the seat belt assembly, the intersection of the upper torso restraint and the pelvic restraint shall be at least 150 mm from the front vertical centreline of the occupant, measured along the centreline of the pelvic restraint, with (a) any upper torso restraint manual adjusting device adjusted in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions; (b) the vehicle seat adjusted to its rearmost and lowest position; and (c) the seat back adjusted to the manufacturer’s nominal design riding position. (11) When the vehicle seat is placed in any position, and the seat back is placed in the manufacturer’s nominal design riding position and any adjustable seat belt anchorage is placed in the manufacturer’s nominal design position for a 50th percentile adult male occupant, every pelvic restraint shall (a) at the driver’s designated seating position, be adjustable to fit any occupant whose dimensions range from those of a 5th percentile adult female to those of a 95th percentile adult male; and (b) at all of the other designated seating positions, be adjustable to fit any occupant whose dimensions range from those of a 50th percentile six-year-old child to those of a 95th percentile adult male. (12) When the vehicle seat is placed in any position, and the seat back is placed in the manufacturer’s nominal design riding position and any adjustable seat belt anchorage is placed in the manufacturer’s nominal design position for a 50th percentile adult male occupant, every upper torso restraint shall be adjustable to fit any occupant whose dimensions range from those of a 5th percentile adult female to those of a 95th percentile adult male. Technical Standards Document No. 208 (13) Every passenger car, multi-purpose passenger vehicle, truck, bus and three-wheeled vehicle, and their owner’s manuals, shall conform to the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 208, Occupant Crash Protection (TSD 208), as amended from time to time. (14) For the purposes of this section, (a) the words passenger ca