Rear centre seat belt replacement

Hello all.
Had the missus Freelander for two years now ( 5 door Year 2000 1.8 Petrol model ) and heres something else needing repairing........ On top of the Head gasket, the sunroof, the transfer box and a few other things Ive had fixed already.
Problem initially was I couldnt get the rear seat back up because the seatbelt had locked. Took the bolt out of the back of the seat to let the seat come back up. Realised belt assemblys broke. Managed to cut the seatbelt out from the anchor in case i was stopped by the police but how do i get to the seatbelt anchor to replace the seat belt assembly ?
Apologies if its a daft question but Im a newby .............

i have no idea hwhat you are asking or telling me ,but i think it might help to tell you there is a non destructive way of opening the seat covering down to the sheet steel? dont know if you just need to replace the tensioner(manual reckons ithink replace afeter 10-12 years)......or do jeevis i just reread.....dint really read it at all to begin with....YOU cut the belt? so po-leese ...ive read and reread but cant see why 5o would be happee to find a cut seatbelt as the excuse for the death of the fifth passenger.


i think you need to get into the seat frame.yeah ?

The centre seatbelt was broken. The ratchet/tensioner had broke and wouldnt let me pull the seatbelt out so I will have to replace it with a spare assembly. Belt and all. I was able to get the old belt out by removing the bolt from the back of the seat but the other end was obviously still attached to the anchor under the seat itself. Because it was knackererd I chose to cut it out to get rid of it. I now need access to the anchor underneath the seat so I can fit the replacement. However I dont know how to get access to the steel that the seatbelt anchor is attached to so I can remove the old anchor point and fit a new anchor and bolt and with seatbelt attached. This fix is apparently easier and and safer than changing the tensioner itself.

So I suppose the answer to your last question is yes !!
Thanks for taking the time to reply

You need to remove the metal panel from the seat base, pull off the seal around the edge of the seat base and the metal panel comes off, this gives access inside the base, from memory you need to pull the foam back to get access and the belt anchorage can be removed with a torx socket bit - there is not much room to get the socket in but it can be done

I'll give that a go. Thanks very much for your help. Ill keep you posted.