Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 4/05 – Seatbelts) 2012
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- ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS
7.1. Provided clause 5.3 is met, the technical requirements adopted by the United Nations - Economic Commission for Europe Regulation No. 16 – UNIFORM PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF: I. SAFETY-BELTS, RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND ISOFIX CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS FOR OCCUPANTS OF POWER-DRIVEN VEHICLES and II. Vehicles equipped with safety-belts, safety-belt reminder, restraint systems, child restraint systems and ISOFIX child restraint systems, incorporating the 06 series of amendments, shall be deemed to be equivalent to the technical requirements of this standard.
7.2. Provided clause 5.3 is met, the technical requirements adopted by the United Nations - Economic Commission for Europe Regulation No. 16 – UNIFORM PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF: I. SAFETY-BELTS, RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND ISOFIX CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS FOR OCCUPANTS OF POWER-DRIVEN VEHICLES and II. Vehicles equipped with safety-belts, safety-belt reminder, restraint systems, child restraint systems and ISOFIX child restraint systems, incorporating the 05 series of amendments, shall be deemed to be equivalent to the technical requirements of this standard in all respects except the installation and the type of safety‑belt(s) fitted for folding seats.
7.3. The technical requirements adopted by the United Nations - Economic Commission for Europe Regulation No. 16 – UNIFORM PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF: I. SAFETY-BELTS, RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND ISOFIX CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS FOR OCCUPANTS OF POWER-DRIVEN VEHICLES and II. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY-BELTS, SAFETY-BELT REMINDER, RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND ISOFIX CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, incorporating the 04 series of amendments from supplement 12 onwards, up to and including the 06 series of amendments, for the approval of a safety-belt type and/or a restraint system, shall be deemed to be equivalent to the technical requirements of Appendix A, paragraph 5.3.1, Section 6 (Specifications) and Section 7 (Tests) of this standard.
7.4. The technical requirements of Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2596:2003 Seat belt assemblies for motor vehicles shall be deemed to be equivalent to the technical requirements of this standard provided clause 5.3 and Appendix A, Section 8 of this standard, Requirements concerning the installation in the vehicle (other than paragraphs 8.1.5, 8.1.8 and 8.3.5), is met.
7.5. For MD3, MD4, ME, NB2 and NC category vehicles only, the technical requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Standard No. 209 Seat Belt Assemblies, current as at 1999, shall be deemed to be equivalent to the technical requirements of this standard provided clause 5.3 and Appendix A, Section 8 of this standard, Requirements concerning the installation in the vehicle (other than paragraphs 8.1.5, 8.1.8 and 8.3.5), is met.