i've just had a car capsule fitted into my car and the fitter at the ambulance was telling me all the new regulations coming in as of june this year. if i we're you i'd ring the ambulance in your area and ask them, cause i'm not sure if each state is going to be different.
she mentioned something about when i change to a older car seat it would be advisable to buy a AHR seat so it lasts longer and it used to go off the childs weight and now it goes off their age.
My sister emailed the RTA and when they replied she forwarded it to me. According to what they say the laws havent changed.
A child should be in a child seat until 18kg or until its shoulders are 25mm above the highest seat belt slot or if their eye level is higher then the top of the child seat. They should then be in a booster until they meet the weight requirements of the chosen booster. They suggest most child seats will hold are child until they are 4-4.5 years of age (however my daughter out grew her child seat at 3 years by height not weight so its a rough age figure.)
1) Children must use rearward facing child restraints up to six months old.
2) Children six months up to their fourth birthday must use a rearward or forward facing child restraint with in-built harness
3) Children from four years up to their seventh birthday must use a booster seat
4) Children up to their fourth birthday must sit in the rear seat
5) Children up to seventh birthday to sit in rear seat unless all rear seats are already occupied by children under seven.
We would strongly recommend that from the ages of four to seven the additional Child Safety Harness is used in conjunction with a baby booster car seat to help restrain the upper part of a child?s body as well as keeping the belt around the hip area tight.
Does that mean that there is no actual regulation on the type of booster for 4 yo's and up? I heard that they were going to outlaw the foam boosters and box boosters
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