Most vehicles after 1965 must have seat belts. Irrespective of this requirement, all seat belts fitted to a vehicle are inspected for:

• Security of seat belt mountings and locking stalks.
• Security and operation of locking/release mechanism.
• Condition of webbing.
• Operation of retraction mechanism.

Notes: The inertia locking mechanism is not checked on some vehicles where the belt is attached to the seat the security of the seat to the vehicle would also be part of the seat belt check. With regard to the retraction mechanism it is allowed to manually feed the belt back in.