MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations

Standard 209

• Seat Belt Assemblies
• Established by

Seat Belt Assemblies (Standard 209)

209. (1) Every passenger car, multi-purpose passenger vehicle, truck, bus, low-speed vehicle, three-wheeled vehicle and enclosed motorcycle shall be equipped with seat belt assemblies that conform to the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 209, Seat Belt Assemblies (TSD 209), as amended from time to time.

(2) The pelvic restraint of a Type 2 manual seat belt assembly that is equipped with a detachable upper torso restraint shall meet all requirements for a Type 1 seat belt assembly set out in these Regulations.

(3) The webbing of a seat belt assembly shall not transfer colour to a crock cloth, either wet or dry, to a greater degree than Rating 3 on the Chromatic Transference Scale specified in AATCC Evaluation Procedure 8, AATCC 9-Step Chromatic Transference Scale (2002 revision).

(4) Compliance of the webbing of a seat belt assembly with the requirements of subsection (3) shall be determined by testing the webbing from three seat belt assemblies in accordance with the procedure specified in AATCC Test Method 8-2005, Colorfastness to Crocking: AATCC Crockmeter Method.

(5) The webbing of a seat belt assembly shall not stain to a greater degree than Rating 2 on the Chromatic Transference Scale specified in the AATCC Evaluation Procedure 8, AATCC 9-Step Chromatic Transference Scale (2002 revision).

(6) Compliance of the webbing of a seat belt assembly with the requirements of subsection (5) shall be determined by testing the webbing from three seat belt assemblies in accordance with the procedure specified in AATCC Test Method 107-2002, Colorfastness to Water, except:

(a) the test solution shall be freshly boiled distilled water;

(b) the AATCC perspiration tester shall be used;

(c) on removal from the oven, the test specimen shall be hung to dry for four hours; and

(d) the AATCC Chromatic Transference Scale shall be used to evaluate the staining of the multifiber test fabric.

(7) A reference in TSD 209 to a standard published by ASTM or AATCC that is set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection may be read as a reference to the standard set out opposite that standard in column 2 of the table.

(8) For the purposes of section S4.1(e) of TSD 209, the first sentence of the section shall be read without reference to the words "readily accessible to the occupant to permit his easy and rapid removal from the assembly".

(9) Sections S4.1(g) and (m), S4.5(b) and S4.6 of TSD 209 do not apply.

(10) The instructions referred to in section S4.1(l) of TSD 209 shall be provided in the English and French versions of the owner's manual.

(11) The requirements relating to non-locking retractors provided in sections S4.1(l), S4.3(h) and S5.2(h) and (k) of TSD 209 do not apply.

(12) A Type 1 or Type 2 seat belt assembly that includes a load-limiter and that does not meet the elongation requirements of sections S4.2(c), S4.4(a)(2) or S4.4(b)(4) or (5) of TSD 209 may be installed only at a front outboard seating position that is equipped with a frontal air bag.

(13) This section expires on January 1, 2012.

Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978.

amended by

SOR/78-910 1 December, 1978 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Subsections 209(2) to (4) of Schedule IV.

SOR/87-154 19 March, 1987 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

The definition "Type 3" in subsection 209(1) of Schedule IV is revoked; subsection 209(1) of Schedule IV by adding the definition "load limiter"; subsection 209(4) of Schedule IV preceding paragraph (a); subsection 209(6) of Schedule IV is revoked; paragraph 209(7)(d) of Schedule IV; paragraph 209(7)(e) of Schedule IV by adding the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (i), by deleting the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (ii), and by revoking subparagraph (iii); paragraph 209(7)(f) of Schedule IV; paragraphs 209(7)(j) and (k) of Schedule IV; section 209 of Schedule IV by adding subsection (10.1); paragraph 209(12)(b) of Schedule IV; subsection 209(14) of Schedule IV; subsection 209(16) of Schedule IV is revoked; subsection 209(20) of Schedule IV; subsection 209(22) of Schedule IV; subsection 209(26) of Schedule IV; subsection 209(27) of Schedule IV preceding paragraph (a); subsection 209(28) of Schedule IV preceding paragraph (a); and subsection 209(29) of Schedule IV.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT IS NOW CHAPTER M-10 OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF CANADA, 1985.

SOR/92-545 17 September, 1992 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Paragraph 209(12)(b) of Schedule IV of the French version preceding subparagraph (ii); subparagraph 209(12)(b)(ii) of Schedule IV; subsection 209(27) of Schedule IV of the French version preceding paragraph (a); and subsection 209(28) of Schedule IV of the French version preceding paragraph (a).

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT IS NOW CHAPTER 16 OF THE STATUTES OF CANADA, 1993.

SOR/95-536 7 November, 1995 pursuant to paragraph 5(1)(a) and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

French version only.

SOR/97-447 17 September, 1997 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, effective January 1, 1998

Subsection 209(1) of Schedule IV is revoked; and subparagraphs 209(20)(c)(i) and (29)(b)(i) and (ii) of Schedule IV are replaced.

SOR/2007-180 July 31, 2007 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act comes into force August 22, 2007.

Section 209 of Schedule IV and the heading before it are replaced.