Rob Johnson, W.A. Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Road Safety, has issued a statement confirming that Western Australia will adopt the new road rules for the use of child restraints in motor vehicles on October 1st, 2010.

The changes will ensure WA complies with the new Australian Road Rules and will require children:

• From birth to the age of six months to be restrained in a rearward facing child restraint (such as an infant capsule)
  
• From six months up to the age of four years to be restrained in either a rearward or forward facing child restraint with in-built harness
  
• From four years up to the age of seven years to be restrained in either a forward facing child restraint or booster seat restrained by a correctly adjusted and fastened seat belt or child safety harness.

Children aged seven years and over can still be restrained in an adult seat belt as the law currently allows.

Children aged between four and up to seven years will not be permitted to sit in the front seat unless all other seating positions are already occupied by children under seven.

For mor information, download the W.A. Office of Road Safety's information sheet (pdf).