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Nova Scotia enacts first age-based child seat rules

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  • Nova Scotia government enacted Traffic Safety Act regulations creating Canada’s first age-based child car-seat minimums.
  • Children must stay rear-facing until at least age two and over 10 kg.
  • Children must remain forward-facing with a harness until at least age four and over 18 kg.
  • Child Safety Link found eight in ten car or booster seats are misused in Nova Scotia.