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Road Safety Laws

A significant improvement to child safety road laws.

In April 2008 Safe-n-Sound advised that all States and Territory governments had agreed to adopt new National Road Safety Laws recommended in 2007.

On the 28th May 2009 Victoria became the first state to announce adoption of the changes.  Since this commitment, New South Wales, ACT, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and West Australia have also announced adoption of the changes.

Northern Territory is yet to announce implementation schedules.

So what are the changes?

The National Road Safety Laws for child restraint and booster seat requires:

    * Children less than six months to be secured in an approved, properly fastened and adjusted, rear-facing child restraint, such as an infant capsule;

    * Children from six months to less than four years must be secured in an approved, properly fastened and adjusted, rear-facing child restraint or a forward-facing child restraint with an inbuilt harness;

    * Children aged from four years to less than seven years must wear an approved, properly fastened and adjusted, forward-facing child restraint with in-built harness or an approved booster seat which is properly positioned and fastened; and

    * From seven years of age children can travel in a car secured in either:
    - a booster seat
    - a booster seat and child harness;
    - a seat belt and child harness; or
    - the car’s seat belt.


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There has been a significant change to car safety laws.


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