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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

(3.) The maximum speed of motor-lorries fitted with pneumatic tires on all wheels shall be the respective speeds set out in the last preceding clause hereof increased by 20 per centum.

(4.) The maximum speed of motor-lorries fitted with metal tires on all or any of their wheels shall be one-half of the maximum speed set out in clause (2) hereof.

(5.) In any case in which the maximum speed fixed by a controlling authority in respect of any road or street is less than the speed fixed by the foregoing clauses the maximum speed shall be that fixed by such controlling authority.

(6.) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, a controlling authority may give written permission in respect of any particular motor-lorry or in respect of any particular class of motor-lorry to travel at a maximum speed in excess of the maximum speed hereinbefore provided, and the speed so permitted shall for the purposes of these regulations be deemed to be the maximum speed hereunder: Provided always that—

(a.) Such permission shall be given only in respect of motor-lorries licensed for the carriage of passengers or licensed for the carriage of goods and passengers, and fitted with pneumatic tires on all wheels.

(b.) The maximum speed fixed by such permission shall not be greater than the maximum speed hereinbefore provided increased by 50 per centum.

(c.) Such permission shall extend only to such roads or streets as are expressly included therein.

(d.) Such permission may be expressed to be subject to such conditions as the controlling authority may think fit to impose.

(7.) Every person operating a motor-lorry under a permission given by virtue of the last preceding clause hereof shall comply with all the conditions expressed in such permission.

6. HEIGHT AND WIDTH OF LOAD.

(1.) No person shall operate any motor-lorry the greatest height of the load of which is more than 14 ft. above the surface of the highway, except with the written permission of the controlling authority.

(2.) No person shall operate any motor-lorry the greatest width of the load of which is more than 8 ft., except with the written permission of the controlling authority.

(3.) Such permission may be expressed to be subject to such conditions as to—

(a.) Width or height of load :

(b.) Duration of permission :

(c.) Hours during which such load may be carried :

(d.) Care of overhead wires :

(e.) Stopping :

(f.) Pulling to the side of the road or street, or leaving sufficient space for other traffic to pass with ease and safety :

(g.) The provision of equipment enabling the driver to become aware of the existence or approach of anything behind the motor-lorry :

(h.) Such other conditions of a like or different nature as the controlling authority may think fit to impose.

(4.) Every person operating a motor-lorry the greatest width of the load of which exceeds 8 ft. or the greatest height of the load of which exceeds 14 ft. under a permission given as aforesaid shall comply with all the conditions expressed in such written permission.

(5.) No person shall operate any motor-lorry engaged in or licensed for the carriage of passengers or goods and passengers if such motor-lorry carries any article in such a manner as to project in width horizontally beyond the footboards of the motor-lorry.

7. CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS.

(1.) The Minister in respect of any Government road, and the Main Highways Board in respect of any main highway, and the local authority having control of that road or street, in respect of any other road or street, may declare that such road or street belongs to some one of the following classes :—

First class : Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry.

Second class : Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry which, with the maximum load it is licensed to carry, weighs not more than 8 tons.

Third class : Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry which, with the maximum load it is licensed to carry, weighs not more than 4 tons.

Fourth class : Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry which, with the maximum load it is licensed to carry, weighs not more than 2½ tons.

(2.) The controlling authority proposing to make any such classification shall give public notice of the names of the road or roads, street or streets proposed to be so classified, and of the class to which it is proposed that each such road or street shall be declared to belong, and shall in such notice call upon any person objecting to lodge notice in writing of his objection and of the ground thereof at an address of the controlling authority to be stated in the public notice so given and within seven days from the first publication of such notice.

(3.) Upon the expiration of such seven days a controlling authority other than the Minister shall apply to the Minister for his approval of such classification, and shall forward with its application any objections thereto received as aforesaid.

(4.) The Minister may approve such classification as proposed, or may alter the same either in accordance with any objection received or otherwise, and then approve the same as altered.

(5.) No classification shall have any force or effect until approved by the Minister in writing and publicly notified as provided by the next succeeding clause hereof.

(6.) Upon the giving of such approval the controlling authority shall give public notice of the classification effected, and of the Minister’s approval thereof.

(7.) Any such classification may, with the Minister’s approval, be varied from time to time, and the foregoing procedure shall, mutatis mutandis, apply on any such variation.

8. USE OF CLASSIFIED ROADS.

(1.) No person shall on any classified road or street operate any motor-lorry which, with the load it is carrying, exceeds the weight for which such road is declared to be available.

(2.) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, a controlling authority may give written permission for any licensed motor-lorry to be used on any road or street classified so as not to be available for the use thereon of such motor-lorry, subject to such conditions as to weather, speed, weight of load, number of trips, payment for damage done by such use, or any other condition whatsoever, as such controlling authority may think fit to impose.

(3.) Every person operating a motor-lorry under a permission given as aforesaid shall comply with all the conditions expressed in such permission.

9. GENERAL TRAFFIC RULES.

(1.) No person shall operate any motor-lorry unless such motor-lorry is equipped with a reflector situated on one side thereof or periscopic in its nature and so arranged as to enable the driver of such motor-lorry, whether loaded or unloaded, to become aware of the existence or approach of anything behind the motor-lorry.

(2.) No such equipment shall extend laterally more than 4 ft. from the centre-line of the motor-lorry, except in accordance with the provisions of any written permission issued under Regulation No. 6.

(3.) The driver of any motor-lorry when about to change the direction in which he is travelling or about to stop shall indicate his intention of so doing by means of arm signalling, but if the motor-lorry is equipped with mechanical warning signals in proper order he may operate such signals in lieu of giving arm signals.

(4.) Any controlling authority may prohibit absolutely or conditionally the use on any road or street of motor-lorries, or of any class of motor-lorry during any specified period or periods, but this power shall be exercised in a reasonable manner.

(5.) No person shall operate any traction-engine or metal-tired motor-lorry unless the consent thereto in writing is first obtained from the controlling authority.

(6.) Such consent may be expressed to relate to all roads or streets under the control of the controlling authority or any particular road or street or portion thereof, and to be subject to such conditions as the controlling authority may think fit to impose.

(7.) Every person operating any traction-engine or metal-tired motor-lorry under a consent given as aforesaid shall comply with all the conditions expressed in such consent.

10. HEAVY-TRAFFIC LICENSES.

(1.) Every license shall be applied for and issued in respect of one motor-lorry only.

(2.) Every local authority having control of any road or street, with the exception of the Main Highways Board and Road Boards other than the Road Board of any road district in a county wherein the Counties Act, 1920, is suspended or is not in force, shall be a licensing authority entitled to issue licenses under these regulations.

(3.) Except as provided by the next succeeding clause hereof, application for a license shall be made to the licensing authority having the control of the roads or streets (or which but for the provisions of the Main Highways Act, 1922, and the Road Boards Act, 1908, would have the control of the roads or streets) in the area of which is situate the garage (as defined by the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924) of the motor-lorry which is the subject of the application,