General

• 1 In this Schedule, “Test Method 213” means Test Method 213 — Child Restraint Systems (October 2001).

Contactable Surfaces

• 2 If a child restraint system provides surfaces for the support of a child’s back and the sides of a child’s torso, the surfaces must

  • (a) in the case of the surface for the support of the child’s back, be flat or concave and have a continuous surface area of not less than 54 800 mm²; and

  • (b) in the case of the surfaces for the support of each side of the child’s torso, be flat or concave and have a continuous area of not less than 30 500 mm² each.

• 3 Except for surfaces designed to restrain a child, no child restraint system may have a fixed or movable surface directly in front of the child.

• 4 Every horizontal cross-section of a surface of a child restraint system that is designed to restrain the forward movement of a child must be flat or concave, and every vertical longitudinal cross-section must be flat, or convex with a radius of curvature of the underlying structure of not less than 50 mm.

• 5 Every portion of a rigid structural component within or underlying a contactable surface of a child restraint system must meet the following requirements:

  • (a) no portion of the component may, with any padding or flexible overlay material removed, have a height above any adjacent portion of the component of more than 9.5 mm; and

  • (b) no exposed edge of the component may have a radius of less than 6.4 mm.

• 6 Every surface of a child restraint system that is contactable by the head of an anthropomorphic test device that is positioned in the system in accordance with subsection 3.3.2 of Test Method 213 must be covered with slow-recovery, energy-absorbing material and must, when tested in accordance with section 5 of Test Method 213, have

  • (a) a 25 per cent compression-deflection resistance of not less than 4 kPa but not more than 70 kPa;

  • (b) a thickness of not less than 12 mm if the material has a 25 per cent compression-deflection resistance of not less than 12 kPa but not more than 70 kPa; and

  • (c) a thickness of not less than 19 mm if the material has a 25 per cent compression-deflection resistance of less than 12 kPa but not less than 4 kPa.

Belts, Buckles, Tether Straps and Lower Connector Systems

• • 7 (1) Every forward-facing child restraint system must be capable of being secured to the vehicle by means of

    • (a) a lower connector system together with the tether strap provided with the restraint system; and

    • (b) a vehicle seat belt together with the tether strap provided with the restraint system.

  • (1.1) Every rearward-facing child restraint system must be capable of being secured to the vehicle by means of

    • (a) a lower connector system or a lower connector system together with the tether strap provided with the system; and

    • (b) a vehicle seat belt or a vehicle seat belt together with the tether strap provided with the system.

  • (1.2) Every child restraint 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, under normal daylight conditions, that each connector is securely attached to the lower universal anchorage system.

  • (2) Every tether strap that is used to secure a child restraint system to the vehicle must be fitted with a tether strap hook the dimensions of which, at the point of attachment to the anchorage hardware, conform to those shown in Figure 1 of Schedule 10 or, in the case of a tether strap hook with integrated adjustment hardware, Figure 2 of Schedule 10.

• • 8 (1) Every child restraint system must, when the anthropomorphic test device is positioned in the system in accordance with subsection 3.3.2 of Test Method 213, provide

    • (a) upper torso restraint in the form of

      • (i) in the case of a forward-facing system, belts passing over each shoulder of the anthropomorphic test device or a fixed or movable surface, or

      • (ii) in the case of a rearward-facing system, a single diagonal belt passing over one shoulder or belts passing over each shoulder of the anthropomorphic test device;

    • (b) lower torso restraint in the form of

      • (i) a pelvic restraint making an angle of at least 45° but not more than 90° with the seating surface of the system at the pelvic restraint attachment points, or

      • (ii) a fixed or movable surface; and

    • (c) in the case of a forward-facing system, crotch restraint.

  • (2) Every belt that is part of a child restraint system and that is designed to restrain a child using the system must

    • (a) be adjustable to snugly fit a child whose height and weight are within the ranges indicated in the statement required by paragraph 6(d) of these Regulations and who is positioned in the system in accordance with the instructions required by subsection 13(1) of these Regulations; and

    • (b) when tested in accordance with Test Method 213, impose no loads on the anthropomorphic test device that result from the mass of the system or the mass of the seat back of the seat assembly.

• • 9 (1) Every belt buckle and piece of adjustment hardware and every tether strap attachment and piece of adjustment hardware used in a child restraint system must conform to the requirements of sections S4.3(a)(2) and (b) of TSD 209.

  • (2) Every buckle that is used in a child restraint system belt designed to restrain a child must, under the conditions set out in section 4 of Test Method 213,

    • (a) before dynamic testing,

      • (i) not release when a force of less than 40 N is applied, and

      • (ii) release when a force of at least 40 N but not more than 62 N is applied; and

    • (b) after dynamic testing, release when a force of not more than 71 N is applied.

• 10 The webbing of belts provided with a child restraint system and used to secure the system to a vehicle or to restrain a child within the system must

  • (a) after being subjected to abrasion as specified in section S5.3(c) of TSD 209, have a breaking strength of not less than 75 per cent of the strength of the unabraded webbing;

  • (b) meet the requirements of sections S4.2(e) and (f) of TSD 209 and subsections 209(4) to (7) of Schedule IV to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations; and

  • (c) if contactable by the torso of an anthropomorphic test device when the system is tested dynamically, have a width of not less than 38 mm when measured as specified in section S5.1(a) of TSD 209.

Flammability

• 11 Every child restraint system must be constructed only of materials that conform to the requirements of section 302 of Schedule IV to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations.

Inversion Testing

• 12 When a child restraint system is tested in accordance with section 6 of Test Method 213, the system must not fall out of the aircraft passenger seat belt, and the anthropomorphic test device must not fall out of the system, at any time during the rotation or three-second period referred to in that section.

Dynamic Testing

• • 13 (1) When a child restraint system is tested in accordance with section 3 of Test Method 213, the system must, when adjusted in any position,

    • (a) exhibit no complete separation of any load-bearing structural element and no partial separation exposing surfaces with a radius of less than 6.4 mm or surfaces with protrusions greater than 9.5 mm above the adjacent surrounding contactable surface of any structural element of the system;

    • (b) remain in the same adjustment position during the testing as it was in immediately before the testing began;

    • (c) limit the resultant acceleration at the location of the accelerometer mounted in the upper thorax of the anthropomorphic test device to not more than 60 g, except for intervals the cumulative duration of which is not more than 3 ms; and

    • (d) and (e) [Repealed, SOR/2000-89, s. 4]

    • (f) subject to subsection (2), provide restraint against rearward movement of the head of the anthropomorphic test device relative to the anthropomorphic test device by means of a continuous seat back that is an integral part of the system and that

      • (i) has a height of at least 500 mm, measured along the seat back surface of the system in the vertical longitudinal plane passing through the longitudinal centreline of the system from the lowest point on the system’s seating surface that is contacted by the buttocks of the seated anthropomorphic test device, and

      • (ii) has a width of at least 150 mm in the horizontal plane at the height specified in subparagraph (i).

  • (1.1) When a forward-facing child restraint system is subjected to a dynamic test in accordance with section 3 of Test Method 213, the system must also, when adjusted in any position, not allow any portion of the head of the anthropomorphic test device to pass through the vertical transverse plane that is 720 mm forward of the Z point on the seat assembly measured along the centre SORL illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 of Schedule 10, which plane is illustrated as the forward excursion limit in Figures 5 and 6 of Schedule 10.

  • (2) A forward-facing system is not required to conform to the requirements of paragraph (1)(f) if the target point on either side of the head of the anthropomorphic test device is below a horizontal plane tangent to the top of the seat assembly when the anthropomorphic test device is positioned in the system and the system is installed on the seat assembly.

  • (2.1) When a rearward-facing child restraint system is adjusted in any position and is tested in accordance with section 3 of Test Method 213,

    • (a) the system must also retain all portions of the torso of the anthropomorphic test device within the system, and no portion of the target point on either side of the device’s head may pass through the transverse orthogonal planes whose intersection contains the forward-most and topmost points on the surfaces of the system, as illustrated in Figure 7 of Schedule 10; and

    • (b) the angle between the vertical and the back and head support surface, measured 240 mm above the seat surface must not be greater than 70° at any time during the impact simulation.

  • (3) The seat used in dynamic testing must be the dynamic seat assembly described in drawing package NHTSA SAS-100-1000, illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 of Schedule 10, and, except in the case of a rearward-facing system, the seat back must be fixed so that rotation around the seat back pivot axis is prevented.

    FIGURE 1 [Repealed, SOR/2001-341, s. 12]

    FIGURES 2 TO 4 [Repealed, SOR/2002-206, s. 14]

General

• 1 In this Schedule, “Test Method 213.1” means Test Method 213.1 — Infant Restraint Systems (October 2001).

• 2 Every infant restraint system must

  • (a) be designed to face the rear of the vehicle;

  • (b) be capable of being secured to the vehicle by means of a vehicle seat belt only or a vehicle seat belt together with the tether strap that is provided with the system in such a manner that the belt will impose no loads directly on the infant that result from the mass of the system;

  • (b.1) be capable of being secured to the vehicle by means of a lower connector system only, or by means of a lower connector system together with the tether strap that is provided with the system, and of providing 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, under normal daylight conditions, that each connector is securely attached to the lower universal anchorage system;

  • (b.2) if the system is manufactured with a separate, removable base and the seating component of the system is designed to be used with or without the base, be equipped with a lower connector system on the base;

  • (c) provide restraint against the rearward movement of the infant’s head toward the front of the vehicle by means of a continuous seat back that

    • (i) is an integral part of the system,

    • (ii) does not load the top of the infant’s head,

    • (iii) has a height of at least 450 mm, measured on the vertical longitudinal centreline of the system to the top of the seat back surface of the surface from the lowest point on the system’s seating surface that is contacted by the infant’s buttocks, and

    • (iv) has a width of at least 150 mm when measured 50 mm below the uppermost edge of the seat back surface of the system; and

  • (d) be constructed only of materials that conform to the requirements of section 302 of Schedule IV to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations.

Contactable Surfaces

• 3 Every infant restraint system must provide

  • (a) a surface for the support of the infant’s back that is flat or concave and has a continuous surface area of not less than 54 800 mm²; and

  • (b) surfaces for the support of each side of the infant’s torso that are flat or concave and have a continuous area of not less than 30 500 mm² each.

• 4 Every portion of a rigid structural component within or underlying a contactable surface of an infant restraint system must meet the following requirements:

  • (a) no portion of the component may, with any padding or flexible overlay material removed, have a height above any adjacent portion of the component of more than 9.5 mm; and

  • (b) no exposed edge of the component may have a radius of less than 6.4 mm.

• 5 Every surface of an infant restraint system that is contactable by the head of an anthropomorphic test device that is positioned in the system in accordance with subsection 3.3.2 of Test Method 213.1 must be covered with slow-recovery energy-absorbing material and must, when tested in accordance with section 5 of Test Method 213.1, have

  • (a) a 25 per cent compression-deflection resistance of not less than 4 kPa but not more than 70 kPa;

  • (b) a thickness of not less than 12 mm if the material has a 25 per cent compression-deflection resistance of not less than 12 kPa but not more than 70 kPa; and

  • (c) a thickness of not less than 19 mm if the material has a 25 per cent compression-deflection resistance of less than 12 kPa but not less than 4 kPa.

• 6 Every part of an infant restraint system that is designed to restrain an infant must be sufficiently adjustable to allow an infant of any size for which the system is recommended by the manufacturer to be placed in the system and to allow adjustment snugly around the infant in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

Belts, Buckles and Tether Straps

• • 7 (1) Every infant restraint system must, when an anthropomorphic test device is positioned in the system in accordance with subsection 3.3.2 of Test Method 213.1, provide additional restraint for

    • (a) the upper torso in the form of belts passing over each shoulder of the anthropomorphic test device; and

    • (b) the lower torso.

  • (2) Every tether strap that is used to secure an infant restraint system to the vehicle must be fitted with a tether strap hook the dimensions of which, at the point of attachment to the anchorage hardware, conform to those shown in Figure 1 of Schedule 10 or, in the case of a tether strap hook with integrated adjustment hardware, Figure 2 of Schedule 10.

  • (2.1) Every belt buckle and piece of adjustment hardware and every tether strap attachment and piece of adjustment hardware used in an infant restraint system must conform to the requirements of sections S4.3(a)(2) and (b) of TSD 209.

  • (3) Every buckle that is used in an infant restraint system belt designed to restrain an infant must, under the conditions set out in section 4 of Test Method 213.1,

    • (a) before dynamic testing,

      • (i) not release when a force of less than 40 N is applied, and

      • (ii) release when a force of at least 40 N but not more than 62 N is applied; and

    • (b) after dynamic testing, release when a force of not more than 71 N is applied.

• 8 The webbing of belts and any tether strap that are provided with an infant restraint system and are used to secure the system to the vehicle or to restrain an infant within the system must

  • (a) after being subjected to abrasion as specified in section S5.3(c) of TSD 209, have a breaking strength of not less than 75 per cent of the strength of the unabraded webbing;

  • (b) meet the requirements of sections S4.2(e) and (f) of TSD 209 and subsections 209(4) to (7) of Schedule IV to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations; and

  • (c) if contactable by the torso of an anthropomorphic test device when the system is tested dynamically, have a width of not less than 38 mm when measured as specified in section S5.1(a) of TSD 209.

Inversion Testing

• 9 When an infant restraint system is tested in accordance with section 6 of Test Method 213.1, the system must not fall out of the aircraft passenger seat belt, and the anthropomorphic test device must not fall out of the system, at any time during the rotation or three-second period referred to in that section.

Dynamic Testing

• • 10 (1) When an infant restraint system is tested in accordance with section 3 of Test Method 213.1, and, if the position of the system can be adjusted, when the system is adjusted in any position,

    • (a) the system must exhibit no complete separation of any load-bearing structural element and no partial separation exposing surfaces with a radius of less than 6.4 mm or surfaces with protrusions greater than 9.5 mm above the adjacent surrounding contactable surface of any structural element of the system;

    • (b) the system must remain in the same adjustment position during the testing as it was in immediately before the testing began, except in the case of a system that has a means of automatically repositioning the seating surface of the system that allows the system’s occupant to move from a reclined position to a more upright position and back to a reclined position during testing;

    • (c) in the case of a system that has a means of automatically repositioning the seating surface of the system, an opening that is exposed and is larger than 6.4 mm before the testing must not become smaller during the testing as a result of the movement of the seating surface relative to the other parts of the system;

    • (d) the system must restrict the movement of the anthropomorphic test device so that the target point on either side of the device’s head, at any time during and immediately after the test, does not pass through the vertical transverse plane passing through the forward-most point on the top of the infant restraint system, as illustrated in Figure 8 of Schedule 10 nor through the vertical transverse plane passing through point X on the seat, as illustrated in Figure 9 of Schedule 10; and

    • (e) the angle between the vertical and the back and head support surface, measured 240 mm above the seat surface, must not be greater than 70° at any time during the impact simulation.

  • (2) The seat used in dynamic testing must be the standard seat assembly described in drawing package NHTSA SAS-100-1000, illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 of Schedule 10.

    FIGURES 1 TO 3 [Repealed, SOR/2002-206, s. 18]

General

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

• • 2 (1) Every booster cushion must be capable of being secured to a vehicle by means of

    • (a) a vehicle seat belt only or, in the case of booster cushion that has a seat back and is equipped with a tether strap, a vehicle seat belt and the tether strap; and

    • (b) if equipped with a lower connector system, the lower connector system only, or, in the case of a booster cushion that has a seat back and is equipped with a tether strap, a lower connector system and the tether strap.

  • (1.1) A booster cushion must not incorporate any additional harness.

  • (2) A booster cushion 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, under normal daylight conditions, that each connector is securely attached to the lower universal anchorage system.

Tether Straps

• • 2.1 (1) Every tether strap that is used to secure a booster cushion to the vehicle must be fitted with a tether strap hook the dimensions of which, at the point of attachment to the anchorage hardware, conform to those shown in Figure 1 of Schedule 10 or, in the case of a tether strap hook with integrated adjustment hardware, Figure 2 of Schedule 10.

  • (2) Every tether strap attachment and piece of adjustment hardware used in a booster cushion must conform to the requirements of sections S4.3(a)(2) and (b) of TSD 209.

  • (3) Every tether strap that is provided with a booster cushion to secure it to the vehicle must

    • (a) after being subjected to abrasion as specified in section S5.3(c) of TSD 209, have a breaking strength of not less than 75 per cent of the strength of the unabraded webbing; and

    • (b) meet the requirements of sections S4.2(e) and (f) of TSD 209 and subsections 209(4) to (7) of Schedule IV to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations.

Testing

• 3 After applying a preload of 175 N to the booster cushion, the booster cushion, including any padding or covering, must not deflect more than 25 mm under the application of a vertical 2 250 N force applied anywhere on the upper seating surface of the booster cushion through an apparatus described in section 20 of ANSI/ASTM D3574-77, Flexible Cellular Materials — Slab, Bonded, and Molded Urethane Foams, published by the American Society for Testing and Materials.

General

• 1 In this Schedule, Test Method 213.3 means Test Method 213.3 — Restraint Systems for Disabled Persons (January 2007).

Contactable Surfaces

• 2 Except for surfaces designed to restrain a mobility-impaired occupant, a surface of a restraint system for disabled persons, such as a tray or table, that is placed in front of the occupant must be removable when the restraint system is used in a vehicle.

• 3 Every horizontal cross-section of a surface of a restraint system for disabled persons that is designed to restrain the forward movement of a mobility-impaired occupant must be flat or concave, and every vertical longitudinal cross-section must be flat, or convex with a radius of curvature of the underlying structure of not less than 50 mm.

• 4 Every portion of a rigid structural component within or underlying a contactable surface of a restraint system for disabled persons must meet the following requirements:

  • (a) no portion of the component may, with any padding or flexible overlay material removed, have a height above any adjacent portion of the component of more than 9.5 mm; and

  • (b) no exposed edge of the component may have a radius of less than 6.4 mm.

• 5 Every surface of a restraint system for disabled persons that is contactable by the head of an anthropomorphic test device that is positioned in the system in accordance with subsection 3.3.2 of Test Method 213.3 must be covered with slow-recovery energy-absorbing material and must have

  • (a) a 25 per cent compression-deflection resistance of not less than 4 kPa but not more than 70 kPa;

  • (b) a thickness of not less than 12 mm if the material has a 25 per cent compression-deflection resistance of not less than 12 kPa but not more than 70 kPa; and

  • (c) a thickness of not less than 19 mm if the material has a 25 per cent compression-deflection resistance of less than 12 kPa but not less than 4 kPa.

Belts, Buckles, Tether Straps and Lower Connector Systems

• • 6 (1) Every production restraint system for disabled persons must be capable of being secured to the vehicle by means of

    • (a) a vehicle seat belt only or, if equipped with a tether strap, a vehicle seat belt and the tether strap; and

    • (b) if equipped with a lower connector system, the lower connector system only, or if equipped with a tether strap, the lower connector system and the tether strap.

  • (1.1) A production restraint system for disabled persons 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, under normal daylight conditions, that each connector is securely attached to the lower universal anchorage system.

  • (2) Every custom restraint system for disabled persons must be capable of being restrained against forward movement by means of a vehicle seat belt together with one tether strap that is provided with the system.

  • (3) Every tether strap that is used to attach a restraint system for disabled persons to a vehicle must

    • (a) be fitted with a tether strap hook the dimensions of which, at the point of attachment to the anchorage hardware, conform to those shown in Figure 1 of Schedule 10 or, in the case of a tether strap hook with integrated adjustment hardware, Figure 2 of Schedule 10; and

    • (b) have a breaking strength of not less than 30 times the combined maximum manufacturer-recommended mass of the mobility-impaired occupant for whom the system is designed and the mass of the system, when tested in accordance with subsection 8.2 of Test Method 213.3.

• • 7 (1) Every restraint system for disabled persons must provide

    • (a) upper torso restraint in the form of

      • (i) belts passing over each shoulder of the mobility-impaired occupant, or

      • (ii) a fixed or movable surface;

    • (b) lower torso restraint in the form of

      • (i) the pelvic restraint making an angle of at least 45° but not more than 90° with the seating surface of the system at the pelvic restraint attachment points, or

      • (ii) a fixed or movable surface; and

    • (c) if it is designed to provide crotch restraint, crotch restraint in the form of

      • (i) a crotch belt that is connectable to the pelvic restraint or other device used to restrain the lower torso, or

      • (ii) a fixed or movable surface.

  • (2) Every belt that is part of a restraint system for disabled persons must

    • (a) be adjustable to snugly fit the occupant for whom the system is designed and who is positioned in the system in accordance with the instructions required by subsection 13(1) of these Regulations or the information contained in the document prescribed in section 10 of these Regulations; and

    • (b) impose no loads on the occupant that result from the mass of the system.

• • 8 (1) Attachment hardware used in a restraint system for disabled persons, except attachment hardware that is made of corrosion-resistant steel containing a minimum of 11.5 per cent chromium,

    • (a) must not have visible ferrous corrosion on any surface after being tested in accordance with subsection 9.1 of Test Method 213.3; and

    • (b) must be protected against corrosion by a coating at least as effective as an electro-deposited coating of nickel plus chromium, or copper plus nickel plus chromium, with a service condition number SC 1, determined in accordance with ANSI/ASTM B456-79, Electrodeposited Coatings of Copper plus Nickel plus Chromium and Nickel plus Chromium, published by the American Society for Testing and Materials, which coating must not be applied when the hardware is racked for electro-plating in locations subject to maximum stresses.

  • (2) Every release mechanism of a belt used in a restraint system for disabled persons must

    • (a) be easy to locate and to operate and be readily accessible to non-mobility-impaired occupants;

    • (b) be designed to minimize the possibility of accidental release; and

    • (c) not be of the hook and loop fastener type.

  • (3) The surfaces of buckles and metallic parts, other than attachment hardware, of a seat belt assembly of a restraint system for disabled persons must not, after being subjected to the corrosion conditioning specified in subsection 9.1 of Test Method 213.3, have any ferrous or non-ferrous corrosion that may be transferred, either directly or by means of the webbing, to the mobility-impaired occupant or to the clothing of the mobility-impaired occupant.

  • (4) Plastic or other non-metallic hardware parts of a seat belt assembly of a restraint system for disabled persons must not, when subjected to the temperature conditioning referred to in subsection 9.2 of Test Method 213.3, warp or otherwise deteriorate in such a manner as to cause the restraint system belt to operate improperly or not to meet the applicable requirements of this Schedule.

• 9 The webbing of belts provided with a restraint system for disabled persons and used to attach the system to a vehicle or to restrain a mobility-impaired occupant within the system must

  • (a) when subjected to abrasion as specified in subsection 8.4 of Test Method 213.3, have a breaking strength of not less than 75 per cent of the strength of the unabraded webbing;

  • (b) when subjected to the resistance to light test specified in subsection 8.5 of Test Method 213.3, have

    • (i) a breaking strength of not less than 60 per cent of its strength before exposure to the light, and

    • (ii) a colour retention (fastness rating) of not less than 2, as indicated in the Gray Scale for Color Change, published by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists;

  • (c) unless the webbing is made from material inherently resistant to micro-organisms, when subjected to micro-organisms and tested in accordance with subsection 8.6 of Test Method 213.3, have a breaking strength of not less than 85 per cent of its strength before subjection to micro-organisms;

  • (d) when tested in accordance with subsection 8.8 of Test Method 213.3, not transfer colour to a wet or dry crock-cloth to a greater degree than Rating 3 on the Chromatic Transference Scale, published by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists;

  • (e) when tested in accordance with subsection 8.7 of Test Method 213.3, not stain to a greater degree than Rating 2 on the Chromatic Transference Scale, published by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists;

  • (f) if contactable by the occupant, have a width of not less than 38 mm when the webbing is measured as specified in subsection 8.1 of Test Method 213.3;

  • (g) when tested in accordance with subsection 8.3 of Test Method 213.3, not elongate more than

    • (i) 25 per cent at 8 kN, when the maximum recommended mass of the occupant is not more than 22 kg, and

    • (ii) 30 per cent at 11.1 kN, when the maximum recommended mass of the occupant is more than 22 kg; and

  • (h) have its ends protected or treated to prevent ravelling.

• • 10 (1) Every buckle that is used in a production restraint system for disabled persons belt designed to restrain an occupant must, under the conditions set out in section 4 of Test Method 213.3,

    • (a) before dynamic testing,

      • (i) not release when a force of less than 40 N is applied, and

      • (ii) release when a force of at least 40 N but not more than 62 N is applied; and

    • (b) after dynamic testing, release when a force of not more than 71 N is applied.

  • (2) Every buckle that is used in a custom restraint system for disabled persons belt designed to restrain an occupant must, under the conditions set out in section 5 of Test Method 213.3,

    • (a) not release when a force of less than 40 N is applied; and

    • (b) release when a force of at least 40 N but not more than 71 N is applied.

Flammability

• • 11 (1) Subject to subsection (2), when a restraint system for disabled persons is tested in accordance with section 7 of Test Method 213.3, no portion of the system may burn or transmit a flame front across its surface at a rate of more than 101.6 mm per minute.

  • (2) When, during a test, a material burns or transmits a flame front for less than 60 seconds from the start of timing and the extent of the material burnt during that period is not more than 50.8 mm, the material complies with subsection (1).

Dynamic Testing

• • 12 (1) When a production restraint system for disabled persons is tested in accordance with section 3 of Test Method 213.3, the system must, when adjusted in any position for which there is no warning in accordance with subparagraph 9(g)(ii) of these Regulations,

    • (a) exhibit no complete separation of any load-bearing structural element and no partial separation exposing surfaces with a radius of less than 6.4 mm or surfaces with protrusions greater than 9.5 mm above the adjacent surrounding contactable surface of any structural element of the system;

    • (b) remain in the same adjustment position during the testing as it was in immediately before the testing began;

    • (c) limit the resultant acceleration at the location of the accelerometer mounted in the upper thorax of the anthropomorphic test device to not more than 60 g, except for intervals the cumulative duration of which is not more than 3 ms; and

    • (d) not allow any portion of the head of the anthropomorphic test device to pass through the vertical transverse plane that is 720 mm forward of the Z point on the seat assembly, measured along the centre SORL shown in Figures 3 and 4 of Schedule 10, which plane is shown as the “forward excursion limit” in Figures 5 and 6 of Schedule 10.

  • (2) The seat used in dynamic testing must be the standard seat assembly described in drawing package NHTSA SAS-100-1000, shown in Figures 3 and 4 of Schedule 10, except that the seat back must be fixed so that rotation around the seat back pivot axis is prevented.

    FIGURE 1 [Repealed, SOR/2001-341, s. 24]

    FIGURES 2 AND 3 [Repealed, SOR/2002-206, s. 24]

General

• 1 In this Schedule, “Test Method 213.5” means Test Method 213.5 — Restraint Systems for Infants with Special Needs (October 2001).

• • 2 (1) Every restraint system for infants with special needs must be

    • (a) 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;

    • (b) capable of being attached by the sole means of a lap belt or continuous-loop lap and shoulder belt in such a manner that the belt will impose no loads directly on the infant that result from the mass of the system; and

    • (b.1) if equipped with a lower connector system, capable of being secured to the vehicle by means of a lower connector system only, or by means of a lower connector system together with the tether strap that is provided with the system, and of providing a clear, audible indication when each connector in the lower connector system is securely attached to the lower universal anchorage system or a clear, visual indication, under normal daylight conditions, that each connector is securely attached to the lower universal anchorage system;

    • (b.2) if the system is equipped with a lower connector system, is manufactured with a separate, removable base, and the seating component of the system is designed to be used with or without the base, equipped with a lower connector system on the base;

    • (c) constructed only of materials that conform to the requirements of section 302 of Schedule IV to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations.

  • (2) Every restraint system for infants with special needs other than a car bed must provide restraint against the rearward movement of the infant’s head toward the front of the vehicle by means of a continuous seat back that

    • (a) is an integral part of the system;

    • (b) does not load the top of the infant’s head;

    • (c) has a height of at least 450 mm, measured on the vertical longitudinal centreline of the system to the top of the seat back surface of the system from the lowest point on the system’s seating surface that is contacted by the buttocks of a seated infant; and

    • (d) has a width of at least 150 mm when measured 50 mm below the uppermost edge of the system’s seat back surface.

  • (3) Every car bed must

    • (a) provide restraint against sideways movement of the infant’s head toward the front of the vehicle by means of an integral or detachable head restraint; and

    • (b) have a means in the shell of the car bed that minimizes the load to the top of the infant’s head in case of a side impact when the car bed is installed in a vehicle in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

Contactable Surfaces

• • 3 (1) Every restraint system for infants with special needs other than a car bed must provide

    • (a) a surface for the support of the infant’s back that is flat or concave and has a continuous area of not less than 54 800 mm²; and

    • (b) surfaces for the support of each side of the infant’s torso that are flat or concave and have a continuous area of not less than 30 500 mm² each.

  • (2) Every car bed must provide

    • (a) a surface for the support of the infant’s back and legs that is flat or concave and has a continuous area of not less than 71 250 mm²; and

    • (b) surfaces for the support of each side of the infant’s torso and legs, that are flat or concave and have a continuous area of not less than 39 650 mm² each.

• 4 Every portion of a rigid structural component within or underlying a contactable surface of a restraint system for infants with special needs must meet the following requirements:

  • (a) no portion of the component may, with any padding or flexible overlay material removed, have a height above any adjacent portion of the component of more than 9.5 mm; and

  • (b) no exposed edge of the component may have a radius of less than 6.4 mm.

• 5 Every surface of a restraint system for infants with special needs that is contactable by the head of an anthropomorphic test device that is positioned in the system in accordance with paragraphs 3.3.3(a) to (d) of Test Method 213.5 must be covered with slow-recovery, energy-absorbing material and must, when tested in accordance with section 5 of Test Method 213.5, have

  • (a) a 25 per cent compression-deflection resistance of not less than 4 kPa but not more than 70 kPa;

  • (b) a thickness of not less than 12 mm if the material has a 25 per cent compression-deflection resistance of not less than 12 kPa but not more than 70 kPa; and

  • (c) a thickness of not less than 19 mm if the material has a 25 per cent compression-deflection resistance of less than 12 kPa but not less than 4 kPa.

• 6 Every part of a restraint system for infants with special needs that is designed to restrain the infant must be sufficiently adjustable to allow an infant of any size for which the system is recommended by the manufacturer to be placed in the system and to allow adjustment snugly around the infant in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

Belts and Buckles

• • 7 (1) Every restraint system for infants with special needs must, when an anthropomorphic test device is positioned in the system in accordance with paragraphs 3.3.3(a) to (d) of Test Method 213.5, provide additional restraint for

    • (a) the upper torso,

      • (i) in the case of a restraint system for infants with special needs other than a car bed, in the form of belts passing over each shoulder of the anthropomorphic test device, and

      • (ii) in the case of a car bed, in the form of belts passing over each shoulder of the anthropomorphic test device, a vest or a bunting bag; and

    • (b) the lower torso.

  • (2) Every belt buckle and all the belt adjustment hardware used in a restraint system for infants with special needs must conform to the requirements of sections S4.3(a)(2) and (b) of TSD 209.

  • (3) Every buckle that is used in a restraint system for infants with special needs belt designed to restrain an infant must, under the conditions set out in section 4 of Test Method 213.5,

    • (a) before dynamic testing,

      • (i) not release when a force of less than 40 N is applied, and

      • (ii) release when a force of at least 40 N but not more than 62 N is applied; and

    • (b) after dynamic testing, release when a force of not more than 71 N is applied.

• 8 The webbing of belts provided with a restraint system for infants with special needs and used to secure the system to the vehicle or to restrain the infant within the system must

  • (a) after being subjected to abrasion as specified in section S5.3(c) of TSD 209, have a breaking strength of not less than 75 per cent of the strength of the unabraded webbing;

  • (b) meet the requirements of sections S4.2(e) and (f) of TSD 209 and subsections 209(4) to (7) of Schedule IV to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations; and

  • (c) if contactable by the torso of an anthropomorphic test device when the system is tested dynamically, have a width of not less than 38 mm when measured as specified in section S5.1(a) of TSD 209.

Dynamic Testing

• • 9 (1) When a restraint system for infants with special needs is tested in accordance with section 3 of Test Method 213.5, and, if the position of the system can be adjusted, when the system is adjusted in any position,

    • (a) the system must exhibit no complete separation of any load-bearing structural element and no partial separation exposing surfaces with a radius of less than 6.4 mm or surfaces with protrusions greater than 9.5 mm above the adjacent surrounding contactable surface of any structural element of the system;

    • (b) the system must remain in the same adjustment position during the testing as it was in immediately before the testing began, except in the case of a system that has a means of automatically repositioning the seating surface of the system that allows the system’s occupant to move from a reclined position to a more upright position and back to a reclined position during testing;

    • (c) in the case of a system that has a means of automatically repositioning the seating surface of the system, an opening that is exposed and is larger than 6.4 mm before the testing must not become smaller during the testing as a result of the movement of the seating surface relative to the other parts of the system;

    • (d) in the case of a system other than a car bed, the system must restrict the movement of the anthropomorphic test device so that the target point on either side of the device’s head, at any time during and immediately after the test, does not pass through the vertical transverse plane passing through the forward-most point on the top of the infant restraint system, as shown in Figure 8 of Schedule 10 nor through the vertical transverse plane passing through point X on the seat, as shown in Figure 9 of Schedule 10; and

    • (e) in the case of a system other than a car bed, the angle between the back and head support surface, measured 240 mm above the seat surface, and the vertical must not be greater than 70° at the maximum rate of acceleration during testing; and

    • (f) in the case of a car bed, the head, neck and torso of the anthropomorphic test device must be retained within the confines of the car bed.

  • (2) The seat in the dynamic testing must be the dynamic seat assembly described in drawing package NHTSA SAS-100-1000, illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 of Schedule 10.

    FIGURES 1 TO 3 [Repealed, SOR/2002-206, s. 28]

• 1 Name of the manufacturer of the restraint system or booster cushion:

  

• 2 Name and address of the company importing the restraint system or booster cushion:

  

• 3 The make, model name or number of the restraint system or booster cushion:

  

• 4 The date the restraint system or booster cushion is presented for importation:

  

I, the undersigned (Authorized representative), declare that the information set out in this declaration is true and that the restraint system or booster cushion

• (a) will be used in Canada solely for purposes of exhibition, demonstration, evaluation or testing, pursuant to paragraph 7(1)(a) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act; and

• (b) will remain in Canada for not longer than one year or a period that the Minister specifies.Footnote ^*

  • Return to footnote ^*Note: Subsection 7(5) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act prohibits a person who signs the declaration referred to in paragraph 7(1)(a) of the Act to use or dispose of a restraint system or booster cushion other than in accordance with the terms of the declaration.