Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 209
209 (1) Every passenger car, multi-purpose passenger vehicle, truck, bus, low-speed vehicle, three-wheeled vehicle and enclosed motorcycle shall be equipped with seat belt assemblies that conform to the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 209, Seat Belt Assemblies (TSD 209), as amended from time to time. (2) The pelvic restraint of a Type 2 manual seat belt assembly that is equipped with a detachable upper torso restraint shall meet all requirements for a Type 1 seat belt assembly set out in these Regulations. (3) A reference in TSD 209 to a standard published by ASTM or AATCC that is set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection may be read as a reference to the standard set out in column 2. TABLE Item Column 1 Column 2 1 AATCC Test Method 30 – 1981, Fungicides Evaluation on Textiles: Mildew and Rot Resistance of Textiles AATCC Test Method 30 – 2004, Antifungal Activity, Assessment on Textile Materials: Mildew and Rot Resistance of Textile Materials 2 ASTM B 117 – 73, Standard Method of Salt Spray (Fog) Testing ASTM B 117 – 03, Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus 3 ASTM B 456 – 79, Standard Specification for Electrodeposited Coatings of Copper Plus Nickel Plus Chromium and Nickel Plus Chromium ASTM B 456 – 03, Standard Specification for Electrodeposited Coatings of Copper Plus Nickel Plus Chromium and Nickel Plus Chromium 4 ASTM D 756 – 78, Standard Practice for Determination of Weight and Shape Changes of Plastics Under Accelerated Service Conditions ASTM D 756 – 93, Standard Practice for Determination of Weight and Shape Changes of Plastics Under Accelerated Service Conditions 5 ASTM E 4 – 79, Standard Methods of Load Verification of Testing Machines ASTM E 4 – 07, Standard Practices for Force Verification of Testing Machines 6 ASTM G 23 – 81, Standard Practice for Operating Light-Exposure Apparatus (Carbon-Arc Type) With and Without Water for Exposure of Nonmetallic Materials ASTM G 152 – 06, Standard Practice for Operating Open Flame Carbon Arc Light Apparatus for Exposure of Nonmetallic Materials (4) For the purposes of S4.1(e) of TSD 209, the first sentence of the section shall be read without reference to the words “readily accessible to the occupant to permit his easy and rapid removal from the assembly”. (5) S4.1(g) and (m), S4.5(b) and S4.6 of TSD 209 do not apply. (6) The instructions referred to in S4.1(l) of TSD 209 shall be provided in the English and French versions of the owner’s manual. (7) The requirements relating to non-locking retractors set out in S4.1(l), S4.3(h) and S5.2(h) and (k) of TSD 209 do not apply. (8) The requirements relating to colour retention set out in S4.2(e) of TSD 209 do not apply. (9) The requirements relating to the transfer of corrosion set out in S4.3(a)(2) of TSD 209 do not apply. (10) A Type 1 or Type 2 seat belt assembly that includes a load-limiter and that does not meet the elongation requirements set out in S4.2(c), S4.4(a)(2) or S4.4(b)(4) or (5) of TSD 209 may be installed only at a front outboard designated seating position that is equipped with a frontal air bag. SOR/78-910, s. 2; SOR/87-154, s. 3; SOR/92-545, s. 4; SOR/97-447, s. 6; SOR/2007-180, s. 13; SOR/2009-318, s. 12; SOR/2011-238, s. 4; SOR/2013-117, s. 6; SOR/2016-318, s. 11