Child car seats

Child Car Seat Fitting Program  

Rebates

Claim the cost of fitting your baby and child car seats, up to the value of $200 per household.

This year we are offering rebates to Randwick City Council residents. You can claim your rebate if you have had your child car seats fitted at a Transport for NSW Authorised fitter.

We have shifted to rebates to give you the freedom to have your child car seats fitted when you need them and at any  TfNSW Authorised fitter you would like to use.

A list of local Authorised fitters can be referenced below or see link for a full list of Transport for NSW Authorised fitters. Authorised fitters

Eligibility and conditions

  • Rebates are only available to Randwick City Council residents.  Your driver licence, providing proof of your residential address must be provided.
  • A copy of the receipt showing the cost of the fitting needs to be submitted with the claim.
  • You must also include evidence that a Transport for NSW Authorised fitter was used. The branding on this document may still be RMS.
  • Receipts must be dated after 1 November 2023 and before 1 June 2024.
  • A maximum of $200 per household can be claimed each financial year.
  • Only the cost of the fitting can be claimed, other costs including car seats and gated buckles are excluded from the rebate program.
  • The program will operate until 1 June or until funding runs out.

How to apply

Using the link below, complete the Rebately form. Include the required evidence of your fitting and residential status and submit the application for processing.

Claim approval is undertaken each week. If you claim is not approved, you will be contacted with the reason your claim was not approved.

You can claim more than once, up to the total value of $200 per household.

Apply for rebate now

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Authorised fitters in the local area:

Alex's Auto Services, 63 Bay Street, Botany, 2019 - (02) 9316 4346

Alexandria Motor Garage, Unit 9, 30-32 Beaconsfield Street, Alexandria -  (02) 8399 0333

Baby Things (All Safe Child Restraints), Parking level 1, East Village Centre, 4 Defries Avenue, Zetland, 2017 – (02) 9663 2320

BabySafe Child Restraints Eastern Suburbs, mobile fitter (comes to you) - 0450 952 339

Jax Tyres Kensington, 241 Anzac Parade, Kensington, 2033 – (02) 9305 3888

Maroubra Auto Care, 253 Maroubra Road, Maroubra, 2035 - (02) 9344 8909

Platinum Automotive Care, 30-32 Ocean Street, Botany, 2035 - (02) 9316 8382

Randwick Car Care, 68 Frenchmans Road, Randwick, 2068 - (02) 93987111

Southern Cross Automotive, 277 King St, Mascot, 2020 - (02) 9669 5935

Speedie Auto Electrics and Mechanical Repairs, 214 Gardens Road, Kingsford, 2032 - (02) 9663 2701

Sydney’s Baby Kingdom, Shop 2 level1 49-59 O’Riordan Street, Alexandria - (02) 8339 1011

Tyres & More Hillsdale, 100 Denison Street, Hillsdale, 2036 – (02) 9666 9155

Ultratune Mascot, 840 Botany Road, Mascot, 2020 - (02) 9667 4868

Other information on child restraints

If you would like some information on the best child restraint or booster seat to buy, visit the Child car seats website.

Child Car Seats is an initiative of the Child Restraint Evaluation Program (CREP), a consortium of government agencies and motorist organisations who share a common interest in improving safety for children travelling in vehicles. CREP aims to provide consumers with information to help choose and use safe child car seats and to apply commercial and public consumer pressure on car seat manufacturers to only market seats that perform well beyond the requirements of the Australian Standard. CREP also provides feedback to the Australian Standard Committee on child car seats, to help improve the Standard.

CREP provides consumers with independent and consistent information on the levels of child protection from injury in a crash provided by child car seats and the ease with which they can be used correctly.

The Centre for Road Safety website has information about authorised restraint checkers and fitters.

National child restraint laws

The new national child restraint laws state:

  • Children younger than six months must be secured in a rearward facing restraint.
  • Children aged six months to under four years must be secured in either a rear or forward facing restraint.
  • Children aged four years to under seven years must be secured in forward facing child restraint or booster seat.
  • Children younger than four years cannot travel in the front seat of a vehicle with two or more rows.
  • Children aged four years to under seven years cannot travel in the front seat of a vehicle with two or more rows, unless all other back seats are occupied by children younger than seven years in a child restraint or booster seat.
  • Children aged between seven years old and 16 years old must use a booster seat if they are too small to be restrained by a seat belt properly adjusted and fastened.

For more information on road safety visit Transport NSW website

Last Updated: 29 February 2024
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