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

Information

Marginal note:Information

• 616 (1) Every restraint system for infants with special needs 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, if the restraint system is equipped with a lower connector system, 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, except that a car bed must be used in a flat position along the vehicle’s rear bench seat with the head of the infant towards the centre of the vehicle,

    • (iii) if the restraint system is equipped with a lower connector system, 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) the 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,

    • (iv) if the restraint system is not equipped with a lower connector system, that the restraint system must be secured to the vehicle as shown in the installation instructions by means of a vehicle seat 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

    • (v) 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) if the restraint system is equipped with a lower connector system, 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 the 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.

Marginal note:Warning — air bag

• 617 (1) Every restraint system for infants with special needs must bear the air bag warning label shown in Schedule 6, and the label must conform to the requirements of that schedule.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (2) The label referred to in subsection (1) must be affixed in a permanent manner at either of the following locations and be fully visible to a person installing the restraint system:

  • (a) on the side of the restraint system that will face the right front passenger door when the restraint system is facing rearward; or

  • (b) at the location where the infant’s head would rest or adjacent to that location.

Marginal note:Installation instructions

• 618 (1) Every restraint system for infants with special needs must be accompanied by printed instructions, in both official languages, that set out a step-by-step procedure, including diagrams, for

  • (a) installing and securing the restraint system in a vehicle;

  • (b) positioning an infant with special needs in the restraint system; and

  • (c) adjusting every part of the restraint system that is designed to restrain the infant.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (2) The instructions referred to in paragraph (1)(a) must state that the restraint system, even when unoccupied, must be firmly secured to the vehicle.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (3) The instructions must

  • (a) specify the classes of vehicles, the seating positions and the types of vehicle seat belts with which the restraint system may or may not be used;

  • (b) specify whether the restraint system may be used with a lower universal anchorage system;

  • (c) if the restraint system has a means of automatically repositioning the seating surface, specify that the ability of the restraint system to change position must not be impeded; and

  • (d) explain the primary consequences of not following the warnings appearing on the restraint system.

• Marginal note:Storage of instructions

  (4) Every restraint system for infants with special needs must have a place for the storage of instructions.

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PART 7Transitional Provision, Repeal and Coming into Force

Transitional Provision

Marginal note:Conformity

700 Until December 31, 2011, the restraint systems and booster seats referred to in these Regulations may, instead of conforming to the requirements of these Regulations, conform to the requirements of the Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Cushions Safety Regulations as they read on the day before the day on which these Regulations came into force and as they were modified in their application by the Order Modifying the Operation of the Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Cushions Safety Regulations and the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations, which came into effect on May 1, 2009 and was published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on May 9, 2009.

Repeal

701 [Repeal]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Publication

Footnote ^*702 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Regulations in force May 12, 2010.]