[525 to 599 reserved]

Marginal note:Interpretation

600. In this Part, “Test Method 213.5” means Test Method 213.5 — Restraint Systems for Infants with Special Needs (January 2010), published by the Department of Transport.

Marginal note:Restraint system designed to face the rear

601. Every restraint system for infants with special needs must be designed to face the rear of the vehicle, except that a car bed must be designed to rest on the vehicle’s rear bench seat so that its longitudinal axis is perpendicular to the vertical longitudinal plane passing through the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

Marginal note:Torso restraint

602. Every restraint system for infants with special needs must, when the anthropomorphic test device is positioned in the restraint system in accordance with, in the case of a car bed, subsection 4.5.2 or 4.6.2 of Test Method 213.5 or, in the case of all other restraint systems for infants with special needs, subsection 4.5.3 or 4.6.3 of Test Method 213.5,

• (a) restrain the upper torso by means of belts passing over each shoulder; and

• (b) restrain the lower torso.

Marginal note:Means of securing restraint system

• 603. (1) Subject to subsection (2), every restraint system for infants with special needs must be designed to be secured to a vehicle

  • (a) by means of a vehicle seat belt in such a manner that the belt will not impose directly on the infant any loads that result from the mass of the restraint system, and without using any other means of attachment; and

  • (b) if the restraint system is equipped with a lower connector system, by means of the lower connector system, without using any other means of attachment.

• Marginal note:Restraint system with tether strap

  (2) If a restraint system for infants with special needs is equipped with a tether strap and the manufacturer recommends its use, the restraint system must be designed to be secured to a vehicle

  • (a) by means of the tether strap together with a vehicle seat belt in such a manner that the belt will not impose directly on the infant any loads that result from the mass of the restraint system, and without using any other means of attachment; and

  • (b) if the restraint system is equipped with a lower connector system, by means of the tether strap together with the lower connector system, without using any other means of attachment.

Marginal note:Restraint system with removable base

604. If a restraint system for infants with special needs is equipped with a lower connector system and is manufactured with a removable base, and the seating component of the restraint system is designed to be used in a vehicle with or without the base, the restraint system must be equipped with the lower connector system on the base.