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Baby Seat


Baby Seat
rear facing child seat
Warning: Never use a rear-facing child restraint in the front seat of a car fitted with an active frontal airbag unless the air bag can be deactivated. This is because the restraint will be too close to the dashboard and in a collision, the expanding airbag is liable to cause serious or fatal injury to the child.
For a very young child, this is the safest type of restraint available. A baby seat is rear-facing and can be fitted in the front or rear of a car using the adult lap-and-diagonal seat belt, or by ISOFix attachment points, following the manufacturer's instructions. A portable baby seat can be convenient to use and to carry, and you are more likely to use it on every journey.
Some baby seats can be converted into forward-facing child seats and may therefore be usable until you child is older.
Note that carrycots with restraint straps do not provide the protection provided by purpose designed baby seats. A baby seat is safer and more convenient, although doctors may occasionally advise the use of a carrycot, e.g. for premature or very low birth weight babies. Only a special carrycot which complies with UN ECE Regulation 44.03 is allowed.
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For more information on the law on seat belt and child restraint wearing, please contact:
  • Road Safety Branch
  • Department of the Environment
  • Clarence Court
  • 10 – 18 Adelaide Street
  • Belfast
  • BT2 8GB
  • Telephone: 028 90540822

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