4 FEBRUARY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
339

NOTICE

1. This notice may be cited as the Road Classification (Waimate West County) Notice No. 1, 1982.

2. The Waimate West County Council’s proposed classification of the roads as set out in the Schedule hereto is hereby approved.

3. The notice dated the 20th day of October 1970†, which relates to the classification of the roads described in the Schedule hereto, is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

WAIMATE WEST COUNTY

Roads Classified in Class One

Manaiia Road.
Skeet Road.

Roads Classified in Class Two

ALL roads under the control of the Waimate West County not otherwise named in this Schedule.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of January 1982.

A. J. HEALY, Secretary for Transport.

*S.R. 1974/218
Amendment No. 1: S.R. 1974/309
Amendment 1978/28/6 (2)
(M.O.T. 28/8 Waimate West County)

Notice of Approval of Bylaws

I, Alexander King Ewing, Controller Marine Administration, pursuant to sections 8A and 165 of the Harbours Act 1950, and in exercise of powers delegated to me pursuant to sections 8 and 9 of the Ministry of Transport Act 1968, hereby approve the Thames-Coromandel District Council Bylaw Amendment No. 5, made by the Thames-Coromandel District Council on 29 October 1981, and confirmed on 26 November 1981.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of January 1982.

A. K. EWING, Controller Marine Administration.

(54/14/70)

Notice of Tariff Decision List Amendment

AMENDMENT to Tariff Decision List No. 522 notified in the Gazette of 21 January 1982.

AMENDMENT:

Tariff Item 84.06.021—Water cooled engines, as may be approved, etc. Code 205280G

Effective from date should read 1/10/81 not 1/10/82.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of February 1982.

P. J. McKONE, Comptroller of Customs.

Exemption of Certain Motor Vehicles Owned by Air New Zealand Ltd. from Particular Equipment Requirements While Used on Specified Roads

NOTICE

PURSUANT to powers delegated to me by the Secretary for Transport under section 9 of the Ministry of Transport Act 1968, I, Robert Norman Abram, hereby exempt the vehicles of the classes specified in the First Schedule hereto from the requirements of regulations 58 to 64 (inclusive), regulations 68–76 (inclusive), regulations 78, 81 and 82 and regulations 84–87 (inclusive) of the Traffic Regulations 1976*, subject to the conditions specified in the Second Schedule hereto.

The notice of exemption published in the New Zealand Gazette on 20 November 1980, No. 136, page 3648, is hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Tractors owned by Air New Zealand Ltd., together with any trailer or trolley while drawn by such tractors.

SECOND SCHEDULE

1. This exemption applies to the specified classes of vehicles when they are being used within the airport and roads within the environs of the airport being a reasonable access to terminal buildings and facilities necessary for the effective operation of the airport functions.

2. Maintenance

That all tractors, trailers, and trolleys herein exempted have a maintenance schedule and are checked against the schedule periodically. Records are to be kept and made available to Ministry of Transport officers on request.

3. Lights

Tractors at all times while in operation shall display one or more revolving or flashing amber light fitted as high as practicable behind the driver, visible in all directions, and they shall be fitted with an efficient operating audible warning device. No tractor, trailer, or trolley shall be operated on any road during the hours of darkness unless it displays at least three lamps, the light from which is visible from 100 metres under normal atmospheric conditions. Two of these lamps shall be placed so as to display a white light to the front and shall wherever practicable give an indication of the vehicle width. The third lamp shall be placed so as to display a red light to the rear of the tractor, trailer or trolley.

4. Brakes on Tractors

(a) Every tractor towing any combination of trailers or trolleys specified in paragraph 5 of this notice shall have a service brake capable of bringing the combination of fully laden vehicles to a standstill within a distance of 7 metres from a speed of 15 km/h without assistance from the compression of the engine.

(b) Every tractor shall have a parking brake capable of bringing all combinations of fully laden vehicles so specified to a standstill within a distance of 18 metres from a speed of 15 km/h or is capable of holding the whole combination of vehicles fully laden at rest on a grade of 1 in 5.

5. Reflectors

All trailers and trolleys shall display approved red or amber reflective materials along the sides of the vehicle or three red or amber approved reflectors evenly spaced along the sides of the vehicle and red or amber reflective materials across the full width of the rear tray or two approved red reflectors, one either side of the rear tray. The approved reflectors may be fitted as well as the reflective materials.

Tractors shall be fitted with at least two approved red reflectors, one either side of the rear tray.

6. Towing

A tractor shall tow no more than a rake of either:

(a) Six fully loaded container trailers.

(b) Six fully loaded baggage trolleys.

(c) Three fully loaded cargo or flat top trailers; or

(d) Six unloaded cargo or flat top trailers on any road.

7. Operational Speeds

The speed of any tractor, trailer or trolley shall not exceed 15 km/h on any road.

8. Conditions of Operation

No tractor, trailer, or trolley shall be on, or operate on, any road during the hours of darkness unless it is clearly visible at a distance of 50 metres by artificial street lighting.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of January 1982.

R. N. ABRAM, for Secretary for Transport.

*S.R. 1976/227
Amendment No. 1: S.R. 1978/72
Amendment No. 2: S.R. 1978/301
Amendment No. 3: S.R. 1979/128
Amendment No. 4: S.R. 1980/31
Amendment No. 5: S.R. 1980/115
Amendment No. 6: S.R. 1981/158
Amendment No. 7: S.R. 1981/311

(M.O.T. 14/1/15)

Consent to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

PURSUANT to the Local Authorities Loans Act 1955, the undersigned Deputy Secretary to the Treasury, acting under powers delegated to the Secretary to the Treasury by the Minister of Finance, hereby consents to the borrowing by the local authorities, mentioned in the Schedule hereto, of the whole or any part of the respective amounts specified in that Schedule.