Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 3/03 – Seats and Seat Anchorages) 2006 (Cth)

Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 3/03 – Seats and Seat Anchorages) 2006 Compilation: 2 (up to and including Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 3/03) 2006 Amendment 2)

Compilation Date: 17 October 2017

Compiled by: Vehicle Safety Standards, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development

CONTENTS

1. legislative provisions.............................................. 2. FUNCTION AND SCOPE......................................... 3. APPLICABILITY................................................ 4. DEFINITIONS 5. REQUIREMENTS 6. EXEMPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES 7. ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS APPENDIX A COMPILATION NOTES

1. legislative provisions 1. Name of Standard 1.1.1. This Standard is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 3/03 – Seats and Seat Anchorages) 2006.

1.1.2. This Standard may also be cited as Australian Design Rule 3/03 — Seats and Seat Anchorages.

1.2. Commencement 1.2.1. This Standard commences on the day after it is registered.

2. FUNCTION AND SCOPE The function of this vehicle standard is to specify requirements for seats, their attachment assemblies, their installation and any head restraint fitted, to minimise the possibility of occupant injury due to forces acting on the seat as a result of vehicle impact.

3. APPLICABILITY This vehicle standard applies to the design and construction of LEP, LEG, and all M and N category vehicles from the dates set out in clauses 3.1, 3.2 and 3.7.

3.1. 1 July 2008 on all new model vehicles. 3.2. There is no mandatory application date for all other model vehicles. They may comply with this vehicle standard or continue to comply with earlier versions of this vehicle standard as applicable for particular vehicle categories. 3.3. For the purposes of clause 3.1 a "new model" is a vehicle model first produced with a 'Date of manufacture' on or after the agreed date in clause 3.1. 3.4. LEP & LEG category vehicles must comply with M1 and N1 category vehicle requirements respectively. 3.5. For Omnibuses complying with ADR 68/... only the driver's seat is required to comply with clause 5. of this standard. 3.6. Vehicles certified to this standard must also be certified to ADR 5/05 or a later version. 3.7. Vehicles certified to ADR 3/04 or a later version need not comply with this rule.