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Australian Residents


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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

Restraint Standard

Australian Car Seat Catalogue

Important Notices AU related

Contact details for manufacturer companies

Rear facing car seats

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

Rear facing car seats

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.

Unity capsule

Rear facing convertible

For children 8kgs (minimum) pref. 12kgs to 18kgs
Forward facing car seat

Forward facing car seat

For children 14kgs (minimum) pref 18kgs to 26kgs
Booster seat with
Adult seat belt OR child safety harness

Front view harness

For children 14kgs (minimum) pref 26kgs to 33kgs
Child safety harness with lap belt OR lap/sash converted seat belt

Side view harness