Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 5/05 – Anchorages for Seatbelts) 2006 Amendment 1 (Cth)

Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 5/05 – Anchorages for Seatbelts) 2006 Amendment 1

I, ANTHONY NORMAN ALBANESE, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, determine this vehicle standard under subsection 7 (1) of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989.

Dated               20        February   2009

[Signed]

ANTHONY NORMAN ALBANESE

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

CONTENTS

1.           LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

2.           AMENDMENT OF VEHICLE STANDARD

SCHEDULE 1

1. LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

1..1.Name of Legislative Instrument

1..1.1.This instrument is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 5/05 – Anchorages for Seatbelts) 2006 Amendment 1.

1..2.Commencement

1..2.1.This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

1. AMENDMENT OF VEHICLE STANDARD

2..1.The changes specified in Schedule 1 amend Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 5/05 – Anchorages for Seatbelts) 2006.

SCHEDULE 1

1. Insert a new clause 5.3. to read

“Side-facing seats must have anchorages for seatbelt assemblies that comply with the requirements for anchorages for seatbelt assemblies for forward-facing seats, except that upper torso anchorages for the seatbelt assemblies must not be provided and the direction of loading must comply with clause 5.3.1.”

1. Insert a new clause 5.3.1. to read

“Direction of loading for side-facing seats.”

1. Insert a new clause 5.3.1.1. to read

“The direction of the load to the tractive device attached to the anchorages for seatbelt assemblies must be:”

1. Insert a new clause 5.3.1.1.1. to read

“in a direction towards the front of the vehicle;”

1. Insert a new clause 5.3.1.1.2. to read

“in a vertical plane inclined inboard to a vertical longitudinal plane relative to the vehicle by not more than 20°; and”

1. Insert a new clause 5.3.1.1.3. to read

“at an angle to the horizontal of not less than 5° nor more than 50°.”

1. Clause 7.1 Amend “The technical requirements adopted ….” to read “……Provided clause 5.3 is met, the technical requirements adopted.....”.