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Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 22/0022/00 – Head RestraintsHead Restraints) 20062006

              Compilation: 1 (up to and including Amendment 11)

              Compilation Date: 15 May 2006

              Compiled by: Vehicle Safety Standards
               Department of Transport and Regional Services.

CONTENTS

A. legislative provisions..............................................
A.1. NAME OF STANDARD...........................................
A.2. COMMENCEMENT..............................................
A.3. REPEAL.......................................................
b. SCOPE.........................................................
c. APPLICABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION.........................
22.1. DEFINITIONS...................................................
22.2. PROVISION, LOCATION AND SIZE................................
22.3. TEST REQUIREMENTS..........................................
22.4. DYNAMIC TEST CONDITIONS...................................
22.5. STATIC TEST CONDITIONS......................................
22.6. ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS.....................................
notes

         A. legislative provisions
         A.1. NAME OF STANDARD
         A.1.1. This Standard is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 22/00 – Head Restraints) 2006.

         A.1.2. This Standard may also be cited as Australian Design Rule 22/00 — Head Restraints.

         A.2. COMMENCEMENT
         A.2.1. This Standard commences on the day after it is registered.

         A.3. REPEAL
         A.3.1. This Standard repeals each vehicle standard with the name Australian Design Rule 22/00 — Head Restraints that is:

               (a) made under section 7 of the Motor Vehicles Standard Act 1989; and

          (b) in force at the commencement of this Standard.

         A.3.2. This Standard also repeals each instrument made under section 7 of the Motor Vehicles Standard Act 1989 that creates a vehicle standard with the name Australian Design Rule 22/00 — Head Restraints, if there are no other vehicle standards created by that instrument, or amendments to vehicle standards made by that instrument, that are still in force at the commencement of this Standard.

b. SCOPE
         The function of this vehicle standard is to specify requirements for the design of 'Head Restraints' so as to limit the severity of injury in the event of rear-end impacts and to ensure that the 'Head Restraint' cannot be adjusted too low.
c. APPLICABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION
C.1. Applicability Summary
         This vehicle standard applies to the design and construction of vehicles as set out in the table below.
         C.2.  Vehicles certified to Australian Design Rule (ADR) 3/03 or a later version need not comply with this rule.

C.3. Applicability Table

Vehicle Category                   ADR Category Code                              UNECE Category Code  Manufactured on or After  Acceptable Prior Rules
Moped 2 wheels                     LA                                             L1                   N/A
Moped 3 wheels                     LB                                             L2                   N/A
Motor cycle                        LC                                             L3                   N/A
Motor cycle and sidecar            LD                                             L4                   N/A
Motor tricycle                     LE                                             L5
                                      LEM                                                              N/A
   Enclosed vehicles               LEP & LEG                                                           1 March 1991              Nil
   All vehicles                    LEP & LEG                                                           1 July 1992               Nil
Passenger car                      MA                                             M1                   1 July 1988               Nil
Forward-control passenger vehicle  MB                                             M1                   1 July 1988               Nil
Off-road passenger vehicle         MC                                             M1                   1 July 1988               Nil
Light omnibus                      MD                                             M2
                                   up to 3.5 tonnes 'GVM' and up to 12 seats         MD1                                         1 July 1988             Nil
                                   up to 3.5 tonnes 'GVM' and more than 12 seats     MD2                                         N/A
                                   over 3.5 tonnes and up to 4.5