Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

FAIR TRADING (CONSUMER PRODUCT STANDARDS) REGULATION 2009 (NO 19 OF 2009) - SCHEDULE 10

Schedule 10     Child restraints in motor vehicles

(see s 7)

10.1     Definitions—sch 10

In this schedule:

AS 1754–1975 means the Australian Standard entitled
AS 1754–1975, Child restraints for passenger cars and derivatives , as amended by Amendment No 1 of February 1976, Amendment No 2 of March 1978, Amendment No 3 of July 1979, the Corrigendum of October 1979 and Amendment No 4 of July 1985.

AS 1754–1991 means the Australian Standard entitled
AS 1754–1991, Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles published on 24 December 1991, as amended by Amendment No 1 of 12 October 1992 and Amendment No 2 of 15 February 1993.

Note     AS 1754–1975 and AS 1754–1991 may be purchased at www.standards.org.au.

"chaise" means a device—

        (a)     used for raising a child's position in a motor vehicle or adapting an adult seatbelt to make it suitable for a child; and

        (b)     having a back above the seating plane.

"child restraint" means a device designed to reduce the risk of bodily injury to a child passenger in a motor vehicle in the event of a motor vehicle impact, and includes—

        (a)     components designed to restrain the child in the device; and

        (b)     components to anchor the device to the motor vehicle; and

        (c)     (if supplied) components to restrain a motor vehicle seat; and

        (d)     chaises; and

        (e)     cushions;

but does not include a child restraint that is an integrated feature of a motor vehicle.

"cushion" means a device having no back above the seating plane that is used to—

        (a)     raise a child's position in a motor vehicle; or

        (b)     place a child in a position in a motor vehicle in which an adult seatbelt can be used properly for the child.

10.2     Safety standard—child restraints

A child restraint must comply with AS 1754–1991 as amended by table 10.3.

10.3     Amendment of AS 1754–1991

For this schedule, AS 1754–1991 is taken to be amended as mentioned in table 10.3.

Table 10.3     Amendments of AS 1754–1991 for sch 10
[10.1]     Clause 1.1 omit passenger cars and their derivatives substitute motor vehicles
[10.2]     Clause 1.1 omit The devices may also have application to other types of vehicles.
[10.3]     Clause 2.4 omit

10.4     Supply of components for child restraints complying with AS 1754–1975

For this schedule, components for child restraints that are made to the requirements of AS 1754–1975 must comply with the relevant requirements of AS 1754–1975.