South Australian Current Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 162A

162A—Seat belts and child restraints

        (1)         Subject to this section and the regulations, every motor vehicle must be equipped in accordance with the regulations with seat belts, anchorages for seat belts and anchorages for child restraints.

        (3)         The Governor may, by regulation—

            (a)         declare that any vehicle or vehicles of any class are exempt from the provisions of this section; and

            (b)         prescribe specifications as to the design, materials, strength, construction and installation of seat belts, anchorages for seat belts, child restraints and anchorages for child restraints; and

            (c)         prescribe the seating positions for which seat belts, anchorages for seat belts or anchorages for child restraints are required; and

            (d)         prescribe any other matters or specifications relating to seat belts, anchorages for seat belts, child restraints or anchorages for child restraints.

        (4)         The Minister may, in respect of any particular vehicle or vehicles of any particular class, approve specifications in relation to the seat belts with which that vehicle or vehicles of that class are to be equipped.

        (5)         A vehicle equipped with seat belts in accordance with specifications approved under subsection (4) will be taken to comply with this section.