Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts5. Section 164D of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsections:
“(3A) Subject to this Part, if, at any time while a prescribed vehicle is being driven, or has its engine running, on a public street—
(a) a child who has not attained the age of 1 year is occupying a position in the vehicle; and
(b) the vehicle is not equipped with a child restraint suitable for use by that child;
the driver of the vehicle is guilty of an offence.
“(3B) Subsections (2), (3) and (3A) do not apply if a child who has not attained the age of 1 year is in a prescribed vehicle that—
(a) is the subject of a taxi licence or a private hire car licence;
(b) is not required to comply with the publication known as Australian Design Rule 34A, 2nd edition or Australian Design Rule 5/00, 3rd edition;
(c) is registered in a State or another Territory in which there is not in force a law that corresponds generally with the provisions of this Part; or
(d) is owned by the Commonwealth and the sequence of characters displayed on the number plate commences with ‘C*'.
“(3C) Nothing in subsection (2) shall be taken to require that a child who has not attained the age of 1 year be restrained by means of a seat belt.”.