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

Marginal note:Means of securing booster seat

• 401. (1) Subject to subsection (2), every booster seat must be designed to be secured to a vehicle

  • (a) by means of a vehicle seat belt, without using any other means of attachment; and

  • (b) if the booster seat is equipped with a lower connector system and the manufacturer recommends its use, by means of the lower connector system, without using any other means of attachment.

• Marginal note:Booster seat with tether strap

  (2) If the booster seat is equipped with a tether strap and the manufacturer recommends its use, the booster seat must be designed to be secured to a vehicle

  • (a) by means of the tether strap together with a vehicle seat belt, without using any other means of attachment; and

  • (b) if the booster seat is equipped with a lower connector system and the manufacturer recommends its use, by means of the tether strap together with the lower connector system, without using any other means of attachment.

• Marginal note:Forward movement of torso

  (3) A booster seat must not have any part that limits the forward movement of the torso during frontal impact.

Marginal note:Audible or visible indication

402. Every booster seat that is equipped with a lower connector system must provide a clear, audible indication when each connector in a lower connector system is securely attached to the lower universal anchorage system or a clear, visual indication that each connector is securely attached to the lower universal anchorage system.

Marginal note:Flammability

403. Every booster seat must be constructed only of materials that conform to the requirements of section 302 of Schedule IV to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations.

Marginal note:Conformity with TSD 209

404. Every tether strap attachment and related piece of adjustment hardware that is part of a booster seat must conform to the requirements of S4.3(a)(2) and (b) of TSD 209.

Marginal note:Webbing

405. Any webbing that is designed to secure a booster seat to a user-ready tether anchorage or to a lower universal anchorage system must

• (a) when tested in accordance with S5.1(b) of TSD 209, before being tested for resistance to abrasion as specified in S5.1(d) or S5.3(c) of TSD 209, for resistance to light as specified in S5.1(e) of TSD 209 or for resistance to micro-organisms as specified in S5.1(f) of TSD 209, have a breaking strength of at least 15 000 N;

• (b) when tested in accordance with S5.1(b) of TSD 209, after being tested for resistance to abrasion as specified in S5.1(d) or S5.3(c) of TSD 209, have a breaking strength of at least 75% of its initial breaking strength; and

• (c) conform to the requirements of S4.2(e) and (f) of TSD 209 and subsections 209(3) to (6) of Schedule IV to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations.