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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

“Motor-lorry” means any motor-vehicle used for hire or used for commercial purposes in the carriage of passengers or goods and which with its maximum load exceeds 2 tons in weight, and includes tractors and steam-wagons, but does not include traction-engines:

“Motor-vehicle” means any vehicle propelled by mechanical power, and includes motor-lorries, traction-engines, and motor-bicycles, but does not include trailers being drawn by a motor-vehicle:

To “operate” means to use or drive, or to cause or suffer to be used or driven, or to permit to be, upon the said road:

“Person with stock” includes any person on horseback or in charge of a horse, or driving or in charge of a horse-drawn vehicle or any live-stock:

“Traction-engine” means any locomotive engine propelled by steam-power and designed for use on ordinary roads, but does not include steam-wagons whether or not used for the purpose of traction:

“Vehicle on springs” means any vehicle the body of which is supported on or by springs affixed to the axle or axles connecting the wheels of such vehicle; and “vehicle not on springs” has a corresponding meaning.

(2.) In these by-laws, where not inconsistent with the context, terms used in or defined by the Motor-lorry Regulations, 1925, and the amendments thereof heretofore made shall have the same meaning as in those regulations and amendments.

(3.) These by-laws may be cited as “The Kumara – Arthur’s Pass By-laws, 1927.”

2. Maximum Dimensions of Vehicles and Loads.

No person shall operate any vehicle if such vehicle together with the load thereon exceeds 8 feet in width over all, or 14 feet in height from the surface of the said road.

3. Weight of Vehicles and Loads.

(1.) No person shall operate any vehicle or permit such vehicle to cross any bridge on the said road if the gross weight of such vehicle exceeds 6 tons.

(2.) The weight of loading or contents of any vehicle may for the purposes of this by-law be computed from the cubical or superficial measurement of such loading or contents, and for this purpose the quantities hereunder set out shall, so far as regards the material or articles mentioned respectively, represent 1 ton, and so on proportionately :—

New Zealand timber, 400 superficial feet.
Australian timber, 350 superficial feet.
Firewood, ½ cord or 64 cubic feet.
Sand, 21 cubic feet.
Clay, 19 cubic feet.
Cement, 5 barrels (or bags equal to same).
Broken stone, 21 cubic feet.
Lime, 38 cubic feet.
Bricks, 320.
Coal, 45 cubic feet.
Chaff, 25 bags.
Oats (4-bushel bags), 10 bags.
Wool, 5 bales.
Iron and steel, 4½ cubic feet.

(3.) Any person authorized by the Chairman or the Engineer or any police officer may stop and detain any vehicle which in his opinion infringes this by-law, until the weight of such vehicle, and the load thereon, or the weight or measurement of the contents thereof, can be ascertained.

(4.) The driver of any vehicle so stopped shall give to such authorized person or officer his name and address, and such full and true information as to the load or contents thereof, and the quantity, weight, size, or measurement of the same, and shall do such acts for the purpose of enabling the same to be ascertained, as such authorized person or officer may reasonably require.

(5.) If the driver of any vehicle shall refuse to stop when required by such authorized person or officer, or shall refuse to give his name and address or other particulars to such authorized person or officer, or shall give a false name or address or other particulars, he shall be guilty of an offence against these by-laws.