Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2006L02679:body:0:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2006L02679
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free end of the 'Strap'.
7.                                          BUCKLE REQUIREMENTS
7.1.                                    It must not be possible to adjust a 'Lap-Sash Belt' so that when correctly fitted for a '5th Percentile Adult Female', the 'Lap Sash Point' is less than 125 mm in the case of 'Seats' with 'Forward' and 'Rearward' adjustment, or 175 mm in the case of fixed 'Seats', from the 'Seating Reference Plane' when measured along the centreline of the pelvic restraint section of the belt.  This requirement must be met with the 'Seat' in its foremost and rearmost driving or riding position and with the 'Seat' back at the design 'Seat Back Angle'.
7.2.                                    In cases where the 'Buckle Component' of a 'Lap-Sash Belt' 'Strap' can be latched with part of an assembly intended for an adjacent seating position, the design must be such that the requirements of clause 7.1 are met irrespective of the combination used.
7.3.                                    In cases where the 'Buckle Component' of a 'Seatbelt Assembly' can be engaged either wholly or partially with the 'Buckle Component' of a 'Seatbelt Assembly' intended for an adjacent seating position, the design must be such that the 'Seatbelt Assembly' so formed must comply with the requirements of clause 14 of the AS 2596 - 1983 "Seat Belt Assemblies for Motor Vehicles".
7.3.1.                              This requirement must apply irrespective of whether the wholly or partially engaged components will separate without operation of the unlatching device.
7.3.2.                              This requirement must not apply in cases where 'Seatbelt Assemblies' fitted to adjacent seating positions are from the same manufacturer and have the same buckle design.
7.4.                                    In the case of a 'Lap-Sash Belt' incorporating a retractor, the design must be such that in the fully retracted position, the 'Buckle Component' associated with the retracting 'Strap' must adopt a position that is either:
7.4.1.                               'Accessible'; and
7.4.2.                              within 300 mm of both foremost and rearmost points on the 'Seating Reference Locus' when viewed in side elevation or within 300 mm of Point 0 and Point N when viewed in side elevation; and
7.4.3.                              within 400 mm of the 'Seating Reference Plane' when viewed in plan; or
7.4.4.                              can be moved to a position which meets the requirements of clauses 7.4.1 to 7.4.3 above by a manual operation applied to the assembly at points which meet the requirements of clauses 7.4.1 to 7.4.3.
7.4.5.                              This requirement must not apply to a seating position adjacent to an access door, where the 'Seat' must hinge or fold to permit access to another seating position.
7.5.                                    In the case of a vehicle with one front seating position only, or with 2 front 'Seats' each providing for one seating position only, the 'Buckle Component' on that part of a 'Lap-Sash Belt'