removing back seats and seat belts

My dogs keep getting caught up in the back seatbelts, so I want to remove them. Obviously this will cause a problem come MOT time if the back seats are still in, so I'm going to remove them as well. Can anyone offer any tips on how to do this, in particular it looks like I'll have to remove the side trim to get at the bottom seat belt mounting but I can't quite figure out how it comes out.

Little jimny, no it's the other way round you've got to take the seats out to get the side panels off. side panels are a pain in the A**e to take off. Just take the seats out, there are bolts in the actual seat back pad rather than unbolting the bracket from the side panels if I remember correctly then you can get at the seatbelts. The ones in the centre are bolted down throught the floor, the plastic trim is also a b****r to get off and they're bound to be rusty.
John.
I knew I'd seen a photo, it's the nut on the LHS of this picture you're after.

REAR SEAT REMOVAL GUIDE

REAR TRIM REMOVAL GUIDE

Thanks guys - looks like it'll be more than a ten minute job then!

Job done

As suggested, some of the bolts had gone a tad rusty and took a fair bit of effort to remove. I also needed to remove the rear trim that runs under the door to release the side trims where they tuck under. When I did the second side I only pulled the side trim clear at the back - that gave me enough clearance to remove the seat belt without the hassle of removing the whole trim at the front. Lining the side trim back up to put it back on was a PITA too!

Sorry to bring up an old post, but would removing the back seats have a negative impact on insurance?

I am thinking that I wont be carrying passengers so less likely to have PI claims if I had a prang.

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I notified my insurance company that I had fitted Recaro seats and removed the back seats, tinted the windows and fitted front fog lamps - the cost was just over £20, most of which was down to an admin fee. The seats (classed as 'interior modification') alone would have just attracted the admin fee which was about £17-£18. Best bet is to call your insurance company and see what they say - each one is a bit different to the next.

Does anyone know if the early seats will fit straight into the later vvt models or just the seat bases??
Are the fittings/holes still there?
I only ask as I recently had to carry a longish heavy item and a passenger. I normally run with the rear seat base out and a load liner.
To get the item/passenger in I had to refit the base and fold down the n/s rear seat back which now no longer lay flat.
I know the seat trim doesn't match but this could be changed.

The early seat bases bolt into the floor and tilt forward from there. I think the later seat bases clip in place and stay fixed in place, so I doubt there will be the threaded holes in the boot floor to bolt in the seats from an early model.