car seats in Australia

[Unregistered]

I'm going to move to Australia with two young children, who are 3 and 5 years old. Could I still use the car seats bought form US and Canada? Thanks

[bbartlettnfld]

Re-post this in the "Canadian and International Issues" section. There is a lady who posts there who is in NZ and I think she has some US seats.. I think NZ allows the use of carseats from different countries.. I am sure she can help you.
BethAnn

[niccig]

I'm Australian and I live here in the US. DS can use his car seat there because we are just visiting. If we were to move there, I would need to get an Australian seat with the Standards Australia label. Their standards are different. Let me find the Australian web site that says this...

Here's a pdf guide by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau
www.atsb.gov.au/pdfs/child_restraints.pdf

I have a problem with the Australian standards - no harnessed seats past approx 40lbs. So if we were to move there and DS could still use our BV, I probably would keep using it, - but that's my parental decision. You have to consider that it's illegal and there could be insurance ramifications.
HTH

[CRS]

I'm Australian and I live here in the US. DS can use his car seat there because we are just visiting. If we were to move there, I would need to get an Australian seat with the Standards Australia label. Their standards are different. Let me find the Australian web site that says this...

Here's a pdf guide by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau
www.atsb.gov.au/pdfs/child_restraints.pdf

I have a problem with the Australian standards - no harnessed seats past approx 40lbs. So if we were to move there and DS could still use our BV, I probably would keep using it, - but that's my parental decision. You have to consider that it's illegal and there could be insurance ramifications.
HTH
Yup, what they said!