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9.                                          TEST OF SASH GUIDE
9.1.                                    With the upper torso 'Strap' installed in the vehicle, tensile loads of 5 N and 900 N must be applied to it in a direction from the appropriate 'Sash Location Point' towards the 'Upper Torso Reference Point'.
9.2.                                    With the upper torso 'Strap' installed in the vehicle, a tensile load of not less than 8.5 kN must be applied to the 'Strap' in a direction from the appropriate 'Sash Location Point' towards the 'Upper Torso Reference Point'.
10.                                      SEATING POSITIONS
10.1.                                Single 'Seats'
         A 'Seat' must be regarded as providing for one seating position only if the effective cushion width is less than 820 mm.
10.2.                                Multiple 'Seats'
10.2.1.                          If the effective cushion width is 820 mm or more, the number of seating positions must be the number of complete multiples of 410 mm unless the nature of obstructions or peculiarities of design results in the 'Seat' being 'Approved' for a lesser number of seating positions.
10.2.2.                          Where a 'Seat' with an effective cushion width, as determined by clause 10.3, of 1230 mm or more has its 'Seat' cushion and 'Seat' back so contoured as to provide one or two clearly identifiable seating positions, the 'Seat' will be considered as providing for two seating positions only if one or more of the following conditions are met:
10.2.2.1.                    where the 'Seat' consists of two separate 'Seats' with an intervening gap, which may be filled with an insert;
10.2.2.2.                    where there are two contoured seating positions, the lateral distance between their centrelines is less than 820 mm; or
10.2.2.3.                    where there is one contoured seating position the lateral distance from its centreline to the far end of the adjacent 'Seat' cushion, or to its side wall if this is less than 100 mm from the end of the cushion, is less than 1025 mm.
10.3.                                Effective Cushion Width
10.3.1.                          This is the width of the 'Seat' cushion measured horizontally at the intersection of the 'Seat' cushion with the transverse plane through the 'Torso Reference Line'.  It is determined by an analysis of 'Seat', 'Seat' back and vehicle structure sections on the transverse plane as follows:
10.3.1.1.                    if a cushion is separated from another cushion by less than 100 mm the two cushions must be regarded as continuous;
10.3.1.2.                    if an end of the cushion is separated from adjoining structure by less than 100 mm it must be regarded as extending to the adjoining structure; and
10.3.1.3.                    should the cushion widths determined by 10.3.1.1 and 10.3.1.2 exceed the internal width of the vehicle measured through a point located 562 mm from the 'Seating Reference Point' when measured along the 'Torso Reference