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MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACTMotor Vehicle Safety RegulationsStandard 207207. (1) Each vehicle shall have an occupant seat for the driver and such occupant seat and all other occupant seats except a side-facing seat or a bus passenger seat shall, when subjected to Motor Vehicle Safety Test Methods, Section 207, Anchorage of Seats, approved December 7, 1973, withstand, when installed in the vehicle (a) in any position to which it can be adjusted, (i) the application of a force equal to 20 times the weight of the seat applied separately in (A) a forward, and (B) a rearward longitudinal direction through the centre of gravity of the seat, and simultaneously, in the case of a seat having one or more seat belt assemblies attached directly to it, (ii) the application of a force equal to the total load imposed on the seat by simultaneous application in the directions referred to in clauses (i)(A) and (B) of the respective loads required by section 210 of this Schedule for the seat belt assemblies so attached; and (b) in its rearmost position, application of a force that (i) produces a moment of 3,300 pound-inches about the seating reference point for each designated seating position for which the occupant seat is designed, and (ii) is applied to the upper seat back or the upper cross-member of the seat back (A) in a rearward longitudinal direction for forward-facing seats, and (B) in a forward longitudinal direction for rearward-facing seats. (2) Except for vertical movement of non-locking suspension type occupant seats in trucks or buses, no occupant seat shall change its position adjustment during any application of force referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b). (3) Except in the case of a passenger seat in a bus and a seat having a back that is only adjustable for the comfort of the occupant, a hinged or folding occupant seat or occupant seat back shall be equipped with (a) a self-locking device for restraining the hinged or folding seat or seat back, and (b) a control for releasing the self-locking device. (4) Where a designated seating position is immediately behind a seat equipped with the self-locking device referred to in subsection (3), the control for releasing the device shall be readily accessible to (a) the occupant of the seat equipped with the device; and (b) the occupant of the designated seating position immediately behind such seat if access to the control is required in order to allow him to exit from the vehicle. (5) The self-locking device referred to in subsection (3) shall not release or fail when (a) in the case of a forward-facing seat, a forward longitudinal force equal to 20 times the weight of the hinged or folding portion of the seat is applied through the centre of gravity of that portion of the seat; (b) in the case of a rearward-facing seat, a rearward longitudinal force equal to eight times the weight of the hinged or folding portion of the seat is applied through the centre of gravity of that portion of the seat; and (c) subjected to an acceleration of 20g in the longitudinal direction opposite to that in which the seat folds. (6) Seats not intended for occupancy while the vehicle is in motion shall bear a conspicuous label that so states in English and in French. Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978. |
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