AS NZS 2596:2003 pdf free.Seat belt assemblies for motor vehicles.
This Regulation applies to safety—belts and restraint systems for installation in power-driven vehicles with three or more wheels and intended for separate use, i.e. as individual equipment, by person occupying forward or rearward—facing seats and also to vehicles equipped with such safety-belts.
DEFINITIONS
Safety-belt(seat-belt, belt)
An arrangement of straps with a securing buckle, adjusting devices and attachments which is capable of being anchored to the interior of a power-driven vehicle and is designed to diminish the risk of injury to its wearer, in the event of collision or of abrupt deceleration of the vehicle, by limiting the mobility of the wearer’s body. Such an arrangement is generally referred to as a “belt assembly, which term also embraces any device for absorbing energy or for retracting the belt.
Lap belt
A belt which passes across the front of the wearer’s pelvic region.
Diagonal belt
A belt which passes diagonally across the front of the chest from the hip to the opposite shoulder.
Any belt which is essentially a combination of a lap strap and a diagonal strap.
MARK INGS
The samples of a belt type or type of restraint system submitted for approval in conformity with the provisions of paragraphs 3.2.2.2., 3.2.2.3. and 3.2.2.4. above shall be clearly and indelibly marked with the manufacturer’s name, initials or trade name or mark.
APPROVAL
A certificate conforming to the model specified in paragraphs 5.1.1. or 5.1.2. shall be attached to the type approval certificate:
Annex 1A for applications referred to in paragraph 3.1.;
Annex lB for applications referred to in paragraph 3.2.;AS NZS 2596 pdf download.