Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00040:body:0:p8
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4/... on a vehicle seat:
34.8.1.1.                    each lower anchorage provided must form part of an ISOFIX anchorages system.
34.8.2.                          Except for convertible vehicles[2]:
34.8.2.1.                    each ISOFIX position must be equipped with an ISOFIX anchorages system and an ISOFIX top tether anchorage (a "universal" ISOFIX position); and
34.8.2.2.                    each ISOFIX anchorages system and each ISOFIX top tether anchorage must meet the requirements of Appendix 1 of this standard.
34.8.3.                          For convertible vehicles:
34.8.3.1.                    the ISOFIX low anchorages of each ISOFIX anchorages system must meet the requirements of Appendix 2 of this standard; and
34.8.3.2.                    an 'Upper Anchorage' and an installed 'Upper Anchor Fitting' must be provided for each designated seating position on which an "ISO/F2" or "ISO/F2X" CRF (see Appendix A of ADR 4/...) can be attached to the ISOFIX low anchorages; in which case
34.8.3.2.1.              the installed 'Upper Anchor Fitting' need only comply with Figure 2 in relation to the location and clearance of the 'Upper Anchor Fitting' 'Interface Profile'.
34.8.4.                          For the purposes of this standard:
34.8.4.1.                    the portion of an ISOFIX top tether anchorage that is designed to bind with a 'Child Restraint' 'Attaching Clip' is deemed to be an 'Upper Anchor Fitting' 'Interface Profile', and is subject to the requirements for 'Upper Anchor Fittings' in this standard; and
34.8.4.2.                    an ISOFIX top tether anchorage is deemed to be an 'Upper Anchorage' and is subject to the requirements for 'Upper Anchorages' in this standard.
34.8.5.                          Each ISOFIX top tether anchorage must also meet the information, location, accessibility and strength requirements of clauses 34.4 to 34.7 of this standard.
34.8.6.                          Where ISOFIX positions are provided, information regarding the location of the ISOFIX low anchorages must be provided in the vehicle handbook or otherwise supplied with the vehicle.

34.9.                                ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS
34.9.1.                          Where a vehicle manufacturer elects to incorporate a specific vehicle child restraint in a vehicle, it must comply with the relevant general and particular technical specifications of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Regulation (UNECE) No. 44 UNIFORM PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF RESTRAINING DEVICES FOR CHILD OCCUPANTS OF POWER-DRIVEN VEHICLES ("CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM"), incorporating the 04 series of amendments, provided;
34.9.1.1.                    the restraint is of the type corresponding to a forward facing booster cushion which utilises the existing lap/sash seatbelt to restrain the child occupant.

34.9.2.                          The technical requirements adopted by the United Nations - Economic Commission for Europe Regulation No. 16 – UNIFORM PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF: I. SAFETY-BELTS, RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND ISOFIX CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS FOR OCCUPANTS OF POWER-DRIVEN VEHICLES and II.VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY-BELTS, RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND ISOFIX CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, incorporating the 06 series of amendments shall be deemed to be equivalent to Appendix A of