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tonnes 'GVM'              NB2                                           N/A
Heavy goods vehicle                 NC                                              N3                    N/A
Very light trailer                  TA                                              O1                    N/A
Light trailer                       TB                                              O2                    N/A
Medium trailer                      TC                                              O3                    N/A
Heavy trailer                       TD                                              O4                    N/A

4.                                          DEFINITIONS
4.1.                                    Refer to Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005.
5.                                          REQUIREMENTS
5.1.                                    Side-facing 'Seats' need not comply with the requirements of this rule.
5.2.                                    Any 'Head Restraint' proposed to be used must be included in the 'Seat'.
5.3.                                    The seat-anchorage must withstand the loads specified in clause 5.5 in addition to the total load imposed by any other device attached to the seat-anchorage applied simultaneously.
5.4.                                    The front 'Seats' of vehicles meeting the requirements of ADR 69/... are deemed to meet the requirement of clause 6.1.2 and the forward longitudinal loading requirements of clauses 5.5.1, 5.8.3 and 5.8.4.
5.5.                                    Each 'Seat' must withstand the loads specified in clauses 5.5.1, 5.5.2, and 5.5.3 and also meet the requirements in clauses 5.6, 5.7, 5.8 and 5.9.
5.5.1.                              The following loads must be applied separately:
5.5.1.1.                        Twenty times the weight of the entire 'Seat' in a 'Forward' longitudinal direction simultaneously with, if part or all of the 'Seatbelt Assembly' is directly attached to the 'Seat', the total load imposed on the 'Seat' by simultaneous application of loads required for seatbelt 'Anchorages' specified in ADR 5/... . The 'Seat' must be located in the full 'Forward' and upward design position.
5.5.1.1.1.                  When part or all of the seat belt 'Anchorages' are directly attached to the 'Seat' an additional test, with the seatbelt 'Anchorages' load applied, is required with the 'Seat' in the rearmost position to demonstrate compliance with ADR 5/... .
5.5.1.2.                        Where the 'Child Restraint Anchorages' are located in or on the 'Seat' back, or are located in the vehicle body structure more than 100 mm below a horizontal plane tangential to the point on the top of the 'Seat' back longitudinally 'Forward' of the 'Child Restraint Anchorage', twenty times the weight of the entire 'Seat' in a 'Forward' longitudinal direction simultaneously with a load of 3.4 kN for each 'Child Restraint Anchorage' must be imposed on the 'Seat' by simultaneous application to each 'Child Restraint Anchorage' by a flexible connection which passes over the top of the 'Seat' back to the 'Child Restraint Anchorage'.  Each load must be applied 'Forward' of the 'Seat' back not more than 5o above or below the horizontal, and not more than 5o to left or right of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.
5.5.2.                              A load equal to 20 times the weight of the entire 'Seat' must be applied in a 'Rearward' longitudinal direction.
5.5.3.                              A load producing a moment of 530 N.m  about the 'Seating Reference Point' for