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Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations

Version of section 100 from 2010-05-12 to 2013-06-18:


Marginal note:Definitions

  •  (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

    Act

    Loi

    Act means the Motor Vehicle Safety Act. (Loi)

    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. (siège d’appoint)

    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. (lit d’auto)

    child

    enfant

    child means a person whose mass is more than 10 kg and not more than 30 kg. (enfant)

    CMVSS

    NSVAC

    CMVSS means Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. (NSVAC)

    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. (ensemble de retenue sur mesure pour personne handicapée)

    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. (personne handicapée)

    infant

    bébé

    infant means a person who is unable to walk unassisted and whose mass is not more than 10 kg. (bébé)

    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. (bébé qui a des besoins spéciaux)

    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. (système d’attaches inférieures)

    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. (dispositif universel d’ancrages d’attaches inférieurs)

    mass-produced

    fabriqué en série

    mass-produced means manufactured, in whatever quantity, using only standard or uniform parts. (fabriqué en série)

    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. (ensemble de retenue)

    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. (ligne repère d’orientation du siège ou LROS)

    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. (siège normalisé)

    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. (courroie d’attache)

    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. (crochet de la courroie d’attache)

    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. (torse)

    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. (DNT 209)

    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. (ancrage d’attache prêt à utiliser)

  • 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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