Seat belt assembly
“properly adjusted” , with reference to a seat belt assembly designed to be worn over the upper torso, means worn snugly across the top of the shoulder and diagonally across the chest with no limb, other object or other material coming between the assembly and the body other than clothing or a sling or other medical aid recommended by a medical practitioner;(réglée proprement)
“seat belt assembly” means a device or assembly composed of straps, webbing or similar material that restrains the movement of a person in order to prevent or mitigate injury to the person and includes a pelvic restraint or an upper torso restraint or both of them.(ceinture de sécurité)
200.1(2)No person shall drive on a highway a motor vehicle in which a seat belt assembly required under the provisions of the
Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Canada) at the time that the vehicle was manufactured or imported into Canada has been removed, rendered partly or wholly inoperative or modified so as to reduce its effectiveness.
200.1(3)Every person who drives on a highway a motor vehicle in which a seat belt assembly is provided for the driver shall wear the complete seat belt assembly in a properly adjusted and securely fastened manner.
200.1(4)Every person who is at least sixteen years old and who is a passenger in a motor vehicle being driven on a highway shall
(a)
occupy a seating position for which a seat belt assembly is provided, and
(b)
wear the complete seat belt assembly in a properly adjusted and securely fastened manner.
200.1(5)Subsections (3) and (4) do not apply to a person
(a)
driving a motor vehicle in reverse,
(b)
who holds a certificate signed by a medical practitioner certifying that the person
(i)
for the period stated in the certificate is unable for medical reasons to wear a seat belt assembly, or
(ii)
because of his physical characteristics is unable to wear a seat belt assembly, or
(c)
who is actually engaged in work which requires him to alight from and re-enter a motor vehicle at frequent intervals and, while engaged in such work, does not drive or travel in that vehicle at a speed exceeding forty kilometres per hour.
200.1(6)No person shall drive on a highway a motor vehicle in which there is a passenger under the age of sixteen years unless
(a)
that passenger occupies a seating position for which a seat belt assembly has been provided and is wearing the complete seat belt assembly in a properly adjusted and secure fashion, or
(b)
that passenger occupies and is properly secured in a child seating and restraint system prescribed by regulation.
200.1(7)Subsection (6) does not apply in respect of a passenger if
(a)
the passenger holds a certificate signed by a medical practitioner certifying that the passenger
(i)
for the period stated in the certificate is unable for medical reasons to wear a seat belt assembly, or
(ii)
because of his physical characteristics is unable to wear a seat belt assembly, or
(b)
the passenger is actually engaged in work which requires him to alight from and re-enter a motor vehicle at frequent intervals and, while engaged in such work, does not drive or travel in that vehicle at a speed exceeding forty kilometres per hour.
200.1(8)A person who drives on a highway a motor vehicle in which one or more seat belt assemblies are required under the provisions of the
Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Canada) shall not transport more passengers in the motor vehicle than there are effectively operating seat belts assemblies in the motor vehicle.
200.1(9)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a)
requiring the use of child seating and restraint systems in motor vehicles on highways and prescribing the specifications thereof;
(b)
providing for the exemption from any of the provisions of this section of
(i)
any type or class of motor vehicles, and
(ii)
any class of drivers or passengers in motor vehicles.
1983, c.52, s.15; 1994, c.31, s.17; 1998, c.30, s.11; 2007, c.44, s.14