Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations — 100
Definitions 100 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations. Act means the Motor Vehicle Safety Act . ( Loi ) booster seat means a removable device designed to be used in a vehicle for seating a person whose mass is at least 18 kg, to ensure that the seat belt assembly fits properly. ( siège d’appoint ) car bed means a restraint system for an infant with special needs that is designed to restrain the infant in a supine or prone position on a continuous flat surface.  ( lit d’auto ) child means a person whose mass is more than 10 kg and not more than 30 kg.  ( enfant ) CMVSS means Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard.  ( NSVAC ) custom restraint system for a disabled person means a restraint system, other than a mass-produced restraint system, designed for a specific disabled person. ( ensemble de retenue sur mesure pour personne handicapée ) disabled person means a person, other than an infant with special needs, who, for orthopaedic reasons or because of the person’s build or other physical characteristics, is unable to use an infant restraint system, a child restraint system, a booster seat, a built-in device referred to in item 213.4 of Schedule III to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations , or a vehicle seat belt. ( personne handicapée ) infant means a person who is unable to walk unassisted and whose mass is not more than 10 kg.  ( bébé ) infant with special needs means an infant who is unable to use an infant restraint system and (a) who was born at less than 37 weeks’ gestation; (b) whose mass at birth was less than 2.2 kg; or (c) who has special breathing needs. ( bébé qui a des besoins spéciaux ) lower connector system means a system consisting of two connectors that each fit inside a checking device having the envelope dimensions shown in Figure 9 of Schedule 7, that are attached to the lower part of a restraint system or booster seat in a manner that does not allow for their removal without the use of tools, and that allow the restraint system or booster seat to be securely attached to a lower universal anchorage system of a vehicle.  ( système d’attaches inférieures ) lower universal anchorage system means a device, other than a vehicle seat belt, that is designed to secure the lower portion of a restraint system or booster seat to a vehicle, and that transfers the load from the restraint system or booster seat and its occupant to the vehicle structure or a vehicle seat structure. ( dispositif universel d’ancrages d’attaches inférieurs ) mass-produced means manufactured, in whatever quantity, using only standard or uniform parts. ( fabriqué en série ) restraint system means a removable device designed to be used together with the seat of a vehicle in order to restraint an infant, an infant with special needs, a child or a disabled person, but does not include a booster seat or a vehicle seat belt.  ( ensemble de retenue ) seat orientation reference line or SORL means the horizontal line passing through the plane of symmetry of the standard seat assembly and passing through the Z point as shown in Figures 3 and 4 of Schedule 7. ( ligne repère d’orientation du siège ou LROS ) standard seat assembly means the seat that is specified in the drawing package entitled Standard Seat Assembly Specifications for Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations Compliance Testing (January 1, 2010), published by the Department of Transport, and that has seat belt anchorage points and a lower universal anchorage system located as indicated in Figures 3 and 4 of Schedule 7, respectively. ( siège normalisé ) tether strap means a device that is fitted with a tether strap hook and secured to the rigid structure of a restraint system or booster seat, and that transfers the load from the restraint system or booster seat and its occupant to the user-ready tether anchorage. ( courroie d’attache ) tether strap hook means a device that is used to attach a tether strap to a user-ready tether anchorage and th