New rules for using child restraints and booster seats -

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Thanks for posting. I need to see if I can find anything about NSW.

But just somehting I noticed ...

What's the difference between inbuilt harness and a child safety harness?
An inbuilt harness is made at the time of manufacture as part of the child restraint. It is suitable for children up to 18kg. There are no inbuilt harnesses available for children over 18kg. A child safety harness is purchased separately. It is suitable for children that are between 18kg up to 32kg.

Aren't maxi-riders and secure and infa-pod all going up to 26kgs?? They have inbuilt harnesses? (not that i am posting this at you as i realise you dont have the answers, just dutifully posting useful informnation, just pondering is all)

[{sarah}]

Maxi Riders have a built in harness up to 18kg & then an extra thing included to use as a harness with a normal seatbelt.

[~Raven~]

Clear as mud Olive Thanks for posting that!

[Olive]

yep what sarah said
i couldnt find any info on changes for NSW, maybe email or ring them though i assume at this stage they arnt changing

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Hmmm well we're not to 18kg yet so i guess i'll cross that bridge when we come to it
And yep at the moment it seems no change up here but we're following the Vic laws anyway.

[Olive]

sounds like a plan

[{sarah}]

From what I understand the NSW laws were going to be the same as of Jan 2009, but nothing ever came out about it. Maybe they are changing it to Jan 2010 ?????

Z is still in the built in harness too (only 16.5kg at nearly 5yo!). Cookiemonster, when you clean the Maxi Rider, underneath the foam padding in the seat there is a little compartment where the extra harness attachement is stored. When you get that out you store the regular one in there as well.

[kawazuki]

i thought they were already enforced in NSW.
as we were told this 6 months ago when getting new seat for DD and its on the NSW RTA website.

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Cookiemonster, when you clean the Maxi Rider, underneath the foam padding in the seat there is a little compartment where the extra harness attachement is stored. When you get that out you store the regular one in there as well.

Ahh okay, thanks for that. We have a Secure one which i got told is supposed to be no different but I didn't check for anything like that.