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. 3
2.           amendment of vehicle standard.. 3
Schedule 1. 4
 
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.
2.                                          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.”
 
[2]               Insert a new clause 5.3.1. to read
“Direction of loading for side-facing seats.”
 
[3]               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:”
 
[4]               Insert a new clause 5.3.1.1.1. to read
“in a direction towards the front of the vehicle;”
 
[5]               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”
 
[6]               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°.”
 
[7]               Clause 7.1 Amend “The technical requirements adopted ….” to read “……Provided clause 5.3 is met, the technical requirements adopted.....”.