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Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 4/03 – Seatbelts) 2005

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Administered by
  • Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

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Superseded version
F2005L0390512 December 2005 - 22 January 2007

This standard was originally made under section 7 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 and from 1 July 2021 continues in force as if it were a national road vehicle standard determined under section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 (see Schedule 3, Part 2, item 2 of the Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018).

This standard repeals each vehicle standard with the name Australian Design Rule 4/03 — Seatbelts that is: (a) made under section 7 of the Motor Vehicles Standard Act 1989; and (b) in force at the commencement of this standard. This standard also repeals each instrument made under section 7 of the Motor Vehicles Standard Act 1989 that creates a vehicle standard with the name Australian Design Rule 4/03 — Seatbelts, if there are no o


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Incorporated by reference

  • ADR 4/00 - Seatbelts: s3.2

  • ADR 4/01 - Seatbelts: s3.2

  • ADR 4/02 - Seatbelts: s3.2

  • ADR 68 – Occupant Protection in Busses: s3.1.3

  • AS 2596-1983 “Seat Belt Assemblies for Motor Vehicles": s5.4.4

  • AS 2597.13 - 1983: “Determination of Dynamic Performance": s5.8.1

  • AS 2597.9-1983 “Preparation and Conditioning of Test Specimens for Retractor Function": s11

  • AS/NZS 2596:1995 Seat Belt Assemblies for Motor Vehicles: s20.2

  • ASTM B117-64 “Standard Method of Salt Spray (Fog) Testing": s18.1

  • Australian Design Rule – Definitions and Vehicle Categories: s4

  • Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 209, “Seat Belt Assemblies": s17.2.2

  • UNECE 16/04 “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 II. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY-BELTS, RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND ISOFIX CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS": s17.2.3