Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations (SOR/2010-90)
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Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations
SOR/2010-90
Registration 2010-04-29
Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations
P.C. 2010-545 2010-04-29
Whereas, pursuant to subsection 11(3) of the Motor Vehicle Safety ActFootnote a, a copy of the proposed Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations, substantially in the annexed form, was published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on October 10, 2009, and a reasonable opportunity was afforded to interested persons to make representations to the Minister of Transport with respect to the proposed Regulations;
Return to footnote aS.C. 1993, c. 16
Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport pursuant to subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety ActFootnote a, hereby makes the annexed Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations.
PART 1
GENERAL
Interpretation
Marginal note:Definitions
100. (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.
“Act”
« Loi »
“Act” means the Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
“booster seat”
« siège d’appoint »
“booster seat” means a removable device for use in a vehicle for seating a person whose mass is at least 18 kg in order to improve the fit of a vehicle seat belt.
“car bed”
« lit d’auto »
“car bed” means a restraint system for an infant with special needs that is designed to restrain the infant in a supine or prone position on a continuous flat surface.
“child”
« enfant »
“child” means a person whose mass is more than 10 kg and not more than 30 kg.
“CMVSS”
« NSVAC »
“CMVSS” means Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard.
“custom restraint system for a disabled person”
« ensemble de retenue sur mesure pour personne handicapée »
“custom restraint system for a disabled person” means a restraint system, other than a mass-produced restraint system, designed for a specific disabled person.
“disabled person”
« personne handicapée »
“disabled person” means a person, other than an infant with special needs, who, for orthopaedic reasons or because of the person’s build or other physical characteristics, is unable to use an infant restraint system, a child restraint system, a booster seat, a built-in device referred to in item 213.4 of Schedule III to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations, or a vehicle seat belt.
“infant”
« bébé »
“infant” means a person who is unable to walk unassisted and whose mass is not more than 10 kg.
“infant with special needs”
« bébé qui a des besoins spéciaux »
“infant with special needs” means an infant who is unable to use an infant restraint system and
(a) who was born at less than 37 weeks’ gestation;
(b) whose mass at birth was less than 2.2 kg; or
(c) who has special breathing needs.
“lower connector system”
« système d’attaches inférieures »
“lower connector system” means a system consisting of two connectors that each fit inside a checking device having the envelope dimensions shown in Figure 9 of Schedule 7, that are attached to the lower part of a restraint system or booster seat in a manner that does not allow for their removal without the use of tools, and that allow the restraint system or booster seat to be securely attached to a lower universal anchorage system of a vehicle.
“lower universal anchorage system”
« dispositif universel d’ancrages d’attaches inférieurs »
“lower universal anchorage system” means a device, other than a vehicle seat belt, that is designed to secure the lower portion of a restraint system or booster seat to a vehicle, and that transfers the load from the restraint system or booster seat and its occupant to the vehicle structure or a vehicle seat structure.
“mass-produced”
« fabriqué en série »
“mass-produced” means manufactured, in whatever quantity, using only standard or uniform parts.
“restraint system”
« ensemble de retenue »
“restraint system” means a removable device designed to be used together with the seat of a vehicle in order to restraint an infant, an infant with special needs, a child or a disabled person, but does not include a booster seat or a vehicle seat belt.
“seat orientation reference line” or “SORL”
« ligne repère d’orientation du siège ou LROS »
“seat orientation reference line” or “SORL” means the horizontal line passing through the plane of symmetry of the standard seat assembly and passing through the Z point as shown in Figures 3 and 4 of Schedule 7.
“standard seat assembly”
« siège normalisé »
“standard seat assembly” means the seat that is specified in the drawing package entitled Standard Seat Assembly Specifications for Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations Compliance Testing (January 1, 2010), published by the Department of Transport, and that has seat belt anchorage points and a lower universal anchorage system located as indicated in Figures 3 and 4 of Schedule 7, respectively.
“tether strap”
« courroie d’attache »
“tether strap” means a device that is fitted with a tether strap hook and secured to the rigid structure of a restraint system or booster seat, and that transfers the load from the restraint system or booster seat and its occupant to the user-ready tether anchorage.
“tether strap hook”
« crochet de la courroie d’attache »
“tether strap hook” means a device that is used to attach a tether strap to a user-ready tether anchorage and that has an interface profile shown in Figure 1 of Schedule 7 or, in the case of a device with integrated adjustment hardware, Figure 2 of Schedule 7.
“torso”
« torse »
“torso” means the portion of the body of an anthropomorphic test device or an occupant, excluding the thighs, that
(a) when the device or occupant is seated in a restraint system other than a car bed or in a booster seat, lies between the top of the restraint system seating surface or booster seat seating surface and the top of the shoulders; or
(b) when the device or occupant is seated in a car bed, lies between the top of the continuous flat surface of the car bed and the top of the shoulders.
“TSD 209”
« DNT 209 »
“TSD 209” means Technical Standards Document No. 209, Seat Belt Assemblies, published by the Department of Transport, as amended from time to time.
“user-ready tether anchorage”
« ancrage d’attache prêt à utiliser »
“user-ready tether anchorage” means a device that transfers the tether strap load from a restraint system or booster seat and its occupant to the vehicle structure or a vehicle seat structure, and that is designed to accept a tether strap hook directly, without requiring the installation of any other device.
Marginal note:Expiry date
(2) Unless otherwise indicated in these Regulations, any section that incorporates TSD 209 expires five years after the day on which it comes into force.
Marginal note:Classes of vehicles
(3) In these Regulations, “classes of vehicles” refers to those classes of vehicles prescribed by section 4 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations and set out in Schedule III to those Regulations.
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