Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations (SOR/2010-90)

Marginal note:Information

• 316. (1) Every infant restraint system must have stitched onto it, indelibly moulded into or onto it, or indelibly printed on a label affixed to it in a permanent manner, the following information:

  • (a) the name and principal place of business of the company that manufactured, imported or sold the restraint system;

  • (b) the model name and number of the restraint system;

  • (c) the date of manufacture of the restraint system, as shown in Schedule 5, with the year, month and day above the corresponding wording in both official languages;

  • (d) a statement indicating — in units based on the International System of Units followed by the corresponding imperial units in parentheses — the mass and height range of the infants for whom the manufacturer recommends the restraint system;

  • (e) a warning indicating

    • (i) that the restraint system must be used only in a forward-facing seating position equipped with a vehicle seat belt or a lower universal anchorage system,

    • (ii) that the restraint system must be in a rear-facing position when it is used for an infant,

    • (iii) that the restraint system must be secured to the vehicle as shown in the installation instructions by either of the following means and, if the restraint system is equipped with a tether strap and the manufacturer recommends its use, by means of the tether strap:

      • (A) a lower connector system, if the restraint system is installed in a seating position that is equipped with a lower universal anchorage system, or

      • (B) a vehicle seat belt, if the restraint system is installed in a seating position that is not equipped with a lower universal anchorage system, and

    • (iv) if the restraint system is equipped with belts for restraining an infant, that the belts must be snugly adjusted around the infant; and

  • (f) an installation diagram that shows the restraint system

    • (i) installed as recommended by the manufacturer in a seating position that is equipped only with a lap belt, and secured to the vehicle by means of the belt and, if the restraint system is equipped with a tether strap and the manufacturer recommends its use, by means of the tether strap,

    • (ii) installed as recommended by the manufacturer in a seating position that is equipped only with a continuous-loop lap and shoulder belt, and secured to the vehicle by means of the belt and, if the restraint system is equipped with a tether strap and the manufacturer recommends its use, by means of the tether strap, and

    • (iii) installed as recommended by the manufacturer in a seating position that is equipped with a lower universal anchorage system, and secured to the vehicle by means of a lower connector system and, if the restraint system is equipped with a tether strap and the manufacturer recommends its use, by means of the tether strap.

• Marginal note:Official languages and print size

  (2) The information referred to in subsection (1) must be in both official languages and in characters of at least 10 points, except for the words “year/année”, “month/mois” and “day/jour” under the date of manufacture, which may be in characters of at least 8 points.

• Marginal note:Visibility of information

  (3) The information referred to in paragraphs (1)(d) to (f) must be fully visible at all times, even when the restraint system is occupied, whether the restraint system is installed with or without a removable base.