G/TBT/N/CAN/521/Add.1  
 
18 July 2018  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 16 July 2018, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Canada .  
 
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Regulations Amending the Motor  Vehicle Safety Regulations  (Bus Seat Belts and Other 
Amendments)  
The proposed amendment notified in G/TBT/N/CAN/521 (dated 25 April 2017) was adopted and 
came into force  on 11 July  2018 as the "Regulations Amending the Motor Vehicle Safety 
Regulations (Bu s Seat Belts and Other Amendments) ". 
Amendments are made to sections 2, 2.4(5) and 9, and to Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety 
Standards (CMVSS) 208, 210, 213.4, 217, 222, 226 and 305 of the Motor Vehicle Safety 
Regulations .  
This amendment introduces a new de finition for "prison bus " in Section 2 in order to exempt these 
types of bus from seatbelt requirements introduced in the CMVSS. The amendment modifies 
CMVSS  208 to require mandatory type 2 seat belts at all occupant positions in buses other than 
school, t ransit, prison and perimeter seating buses.  
The amendment also modifies CMVSS 210 and incorporates by reference Technical Standards 
Document 210 (TSD 210). The current Canadian requirements will effectively remain the same as 
they are already closely align ed with those of the United States, however TSD 210 introduces seat 
belt attachment requirements when seat belts are installed on school buses.  
The amendment updates CMVSS 217 by replacing existing text describing a prison bus (i.e., a bus 
manufactured fo r the purpose of transporting persons under physical restraint) with the new 
definition (i.e., a bus that is specially designed for the purpose of transporting inmates).  
This amendment is aligned with the US regulation, FMVSS  222, by incorporating by refer ence 
TSD 222. Current mandatory Canadian requirements will effectively remain the same, as they are 
already aligned with those of the United States. The Regulation references new requirements for 
seat belts that are optionally installed on school buses. La p-only seat belts are prohibited from 
being installed on any school bus as research has indicated that lap -only belts may increase the 
risk of injury to children.  
Finally, this amendment shortens the text required on labels for altered vehicles in section 9 of the 
MVSR, clarifies warning label requirements by eliminating redundancies in CMVSS 213.4, corrects 
a section number in CMVSS 226and repeals redundant subsections (4) and (5) of CMVSS 305.  
The full text of the adopted measure can be downloaded from th e Internet addresses indicated 
below:  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2018/2018 -07-11/html/sor -dors143 -2-eng.html  (English)  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2018/2018 -07-11/html/sor -dors143 -2-fra.html  (French)  G/TBT/N/CAN/521/Add.1  
 
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  or requested from:  
Canada's SPS & TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Global Affairs Canada  Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
111 Sussex Drive, Ottawa , ON K1A 0G2  Canada  
Telephone: (343)203 -4273 
Fax: (613)943 -0346 
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca   
 
 
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