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This page is currently under construction
Information contained on this page is applicable to Australian car seat laws and is seperate from general information found on the rest of this site.
Australia's Child Restraint Law
Important Notices AU related
Contact details for manufacturer companies
Forward facing car seats
Booster seats
Child Safety harnesses
Contact details for manufacturer companies
Britax(Safe-n-Sound, BabyLove, Hipod) |
| Free call: 1300 303 330 |
| Ph: (03) 9288 7288 |
| Fax: (03) 9311 5798 |
| 99 Derby Road (entry via Thorpe Street) |
| Sunshine Victoria 3020 |
| custserv@britax.com.au : (NZ nzoffice@britax.com.au) |
IGC Dorel(Mother’s Choice, Zuzu, Go Safe, Auger, IGC, Cosco) |
| Free Call: 1300 809 526 |
| 655-685 Somerville Rd |
| West Sunshine Victoria 3020 |
| sales@igcdorel.com.au : (NZ customerservice@igcdorel.co.nz) |
Infa |
| Ph: 02 4728 8000 |
| Fax: 02 4728 8040 |
| 110-114 Old Bathurst Rd |
| EMU PLAINS NSW 2750 |
| There is no known email address for Infa Baby Products |
Infants should always travel rear facing - this means that the child faces the back of the car when the car is in motion. The vehicle seat needs to be facing the front of the car for rear facing seats to work effectively. Do not place a rear facing car seat on a vehicle seat that faces the back of the car.
In Australia car seats rear face to either 9kgs, or 12kgs. Ideally you should look for a seat that rear faces to 12kgs, and keep your child rear facing for a minimum of 12 months. If your child is less than 12kgs by 12 months of age you can continue to travel with them rear facing, there is no safety risk in doing so.
The following seats are limited to 9kgs rear facing: Infa Turn a tot, IGC branded car seats (Mother's Choice, Zuzu, Auger, Go Safe) and Safe-n-Sound Polo capsule.
While some seats state a minimum forward facing weight of 8kgs, this is not recommended as many children who weigh only 8kgs do not have well enough developed necks to cope with the forces of an accident - there is not formal evidence that states if or not a child can cope with forward facing crash forces when weighing less than 8kgs - we put it down to a lack of formal information given at a crash site to reflect the way in which the child was traveling at the time - most accidents the only record made is if or not the child was restrained, there is no metion of how they were restrained, how much they weigh or how tall they are.
For children 8kgs (minimum) pref. 12kgs to 18kgs
Forward facing car seat
For children 14kgs (minimum) pref 18kgs to 26kgs
Booster seat with
Adult seat belt OR
child safety harness
For children 14kgs (minimum) pref 26kgs to 33kgs
Child safety harness with lap belt OR lap/sash converted seat belt
