1.4. ‘Strap guide’   means a device which  alters  the lie of the  strap  in relation to the wearer of the belt assembly.  

1.5.  ‘effective  belt  anchorage’   means  the  point  used  to  determine,  as specified  in  point 4.4,   the angle of each part of the  safety  belt  in relation to the wearer, that is, the point to which a strap would need to be attached to provide the same lie as the intended lie of the belt when worn, and which may or may not be the actual belt anchorage depending  on  the  configuration  of  the  safety  belt  hardware  at  its attachment  to the belt anchorage, for example, in the case:  

1.5.1.  where a safety  belt  incorporates  a  rigid  part  which  is  attached  to  a lower belt anchorage and which is  either fixed or free to swivel, the effective  belt  anchorage  for  all  positions  of seat adjustment  is  the point at which the strap is attached to that rigid part.

1.5.2.  where  a strap  guide  is  used  on   the  vehicle  structure or on the seat structure, the middle point of the guide at the place where the strap leaves   the  guide  on  the  belt  wearer's  side  shall  be  regarded  as  the effective belt anchorage; the strap shall lie  in a straight line between the effective belt anchorage and the wearer,. 

1.5.3.  where he belt runs directly from the wearer to a retractor attached to the vehicle structure or the seat structure without an intervening st rap guide, the  effective  belt  anchorage  shall be considered  as  being the intersection of the axis of the reel for storing the strap with the  plane passing through the centre line of the  strap  on  the  reel;  

1.6.  ‘seat’  means a structure which may or may not be integral with the vehicle  structure  complete  with  trim,  intended  to  seat  one  adult person.  The  term  covers  both  an  inpidual  seat  or part of a  bench seat intended to seat one person;  

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1.6.1. a  ‘front passenger seat’ means any seat where the ‘foremost H-point’ of the seat in question is in or in front of the vert ical tranverse plane through the drivers R-point.  

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1.7.  ‘bench seat’  means a structure complete with trim, intended to seat at least two adults; 

1.8.  ‘group  of  seats’  means either  a  bench-type  seat,  or  seats  which  are separate but side by side (i.e. fixed so that the front seat anchorages of one of these seats are in line with the front  or rear anchorages of the other or between the anchorages  of the other seat) and seat one or more adults;  

1.9.  ‘folding  ►M2－◄ seat’    means   an   auxiliary   seat intended  for  occasional  use  and  which  is  normally  folded  out  of the way; 

1.10.  ‘seat  type’   means  a  category  of  seats   which  do  not  differ  in  such essential  respects  as:  

1.10.1.  the shape, dimensions and materials of  the seat structure,    

1.10.2.  the types and dimensions of the adjustment systems and all locking systems,