Child car seats
Child Car Seat Rebate Program
The Randwick City Counil 2025 Child Car Seat rebate is now open. To claim a $50 (per seat) rebate on the cost of having your child car seats fitted at a Transport for NSW Authorised fitter, please read the instructions and follow the link.
Please ensure you have:
- a copy of your driver licence with your Randwick City Council address
- a tax invoice showing the cost of your fittings
- the NSW Government Service Receipt (proof you have used an authorised fitter)
The Randwick City Council child car seat fitting program aims to ensure children and babies in the council area are travelling safely in appropriately fitted and secured child car seats. The program is part funded by Transport for NSW to increase knowledge of child car seat laws and ensure your child is safe. Please refer to the Transport for NSW website for information on child car seat laws.
Rebates are offered 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.
An interactive map of Transport for NSW authorised fitters can be found using the link.
Test your knowledge
Transport for NSW have developed a new resource to test your knowledge on child car seat laws - Why don't you take the QUIZ ?
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