Buckle Up

• Since September 2006, it is compulsory for all children to travel in the correct seat, booster seat or booster cushion.
• Children under three years of age must not travel in a car or goods vehicle, other than a taxi, unless restrained in the correct child seat.
• Children aged three years or over who are under 150 cms in height and weighing less than 36 kilograms, generally children up to 11 or 12 years old, must use the correct child seat, booster seat or booster cushion when travelling in cars or goods vehicles.
• Rearward-facing child car seats must never be used in the front passenger seat of cars with an active airbag.
• Child car seats must be in accordance with EU or United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE) standards.