8 MARCH
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
663

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of March 1984.
C. E. BARTHOLOMEUSZ, Project Manager,
Ministry of Works and Development Pipeline Project.
(P.W. PP. 29/1/8; 29/8/49/4)

Consent to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

PURSUANT to the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956, 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 the Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Local Authority and Name of Loan Amount Consented to $
Bay of Plenty Catchment Commission:
Office Extensions Loan 1983 70,000
Christchurch City Council:
Elderly Persons Housing Units (Lees Road) No. 2
Loan 1983 30,000
Malvern County Council:
Acheron Bridge Loan 1983 137,000
Taranaki Catchment Commission and Regional
Water Board:
Equipment Facilities and Service Loan 1983 2,000,000
Part Upgrade Accommodation Loan 1983 250,000
Water Supply Supplementary Loan 1983 400,000
Waitara Borough Council:
Waterworks Trunk Main Improvements (Goat
Valley) Loan 1983 110,000
Wanganui City Council:
Water Supply Supplementary Loan 1983 330,000

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of February 1984.
C. H. TERRY, Deputy Secretary to the Treasury.

The Standards Act 1965—Amendment of Standard Specifications

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 24 February 1984, amended the under-mentioned standard specifications by the incorporation of the amendments shown hereunder.

Number, Title, and Price of Standard Specification (Post free) Amendment Number
NZS 1900:Model building bylaw—
Chapter 1:1964 Preliminary. $5.40 5
Chapter 3:1964 General requirements. $3.60 9
Chapter 4:1964 Residential buildings. $5.40 8
Chapter 6.1:1978 Timber. $3.60 1
Chapter 6.2:1964 Masonry. $4.60 3
Chapter 7:1964 Small chimneys and appliance
installations. $3.60 5
Chapter 9.2:1964 Masonry. $7.60 5
Chapter 9.3:1981 Concrete. $3.60 1
Chapter 10:1964 Non-structural external wallings
$4.60 3

This consolidated amendment makes changes to several chapters of NZS 1900 of an editorial nature:

(a) as consequential amendments resulting from amendments or revocation of Standards referred to in the Model building bylaw;

(b) deletes definitions which are not appropriate to the bylaw;

(c) provides for the redefinition of Standards from documents incorporated in the bylaw by reference, by means of compliance. This is done to simplify the publication of MP 101 and reduce the extent of documents incorporated by reference in the bylaw;

(d) to include a standard clause in the bylaw, commonly included in means of compliance Standards, providing for reference to named Standards to be taken as including amendments to those Standards.

Copies of the standard specifications so amended may be ordered from the Standards Association of New Zealand, Wellington Trade Centre, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

Copies of the amendments will be supplied free of charge upon request, unless where otherwise stated.
Dated at Wellington this 1st day of March 1984.
DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/3)

The Standards Act 1965—Draft New Zealand Standard
Specification Available for Comment

PURSUANT to subsection (3) of section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, notice is hereby given that the following draft New Zealand standard specification is being circulated.

Number and Title of Specification
DZ 5439 Protective helmets for pedal cyclists. $10.00.

This draft Standard specifies the basic performance requirements for several properties of lightweight protective helmets for pedal cyclists intended to mitigate the adverse effects of a blow to the head. The performance requirements are specified for impact energy attenuation, resistance to penetration, strength of the retention system and its attachment points, micro-slip of the fastener and adjuster of the retention system and peripheral vision clearance. Marking requirements are also specified.

All persons who may be affected by this publication and who desire to comment thereon, may obtain copies at the price shown, from the Standards Association of New Zealand, Wellington Trade Centre, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

NOTE—Payment must accompany all requests for drafts.
The closing date for receipt of comment is 31 May 1984.
Dated at Wellington this 1st day of March 1984.
DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/8)

Approval of Motorcycle Safety Helmets in Terms of the Traffic Regulations 1976

PURSUANT to subclause (1) of regulation 88 of the Traffic Regulations 1976*, and pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary for Transport, I, Robert Norman Abram, Chief Automotive Engineer, hereby approve for the purpose of regulation 31 of the said regulations, motorcycle safety helmets of the make and type described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

SAFETY helmets manufactured by Hans Romer GMBH & Co. bearing the model designation Carrera Cross Super MX1, complying with German Standard DIN 4848 and marked accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of March 1984.
R. N. ABRAM, Chief Automotive Engineer.

*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
Amendment No. 8, S.R. 1982/93
(M.O.T. 17/6/1)

The Traffic (Opotiki County) Notice No. 1, 1984

PURSUANT to the Transport Act 1962, and pursuant to a delegation from the Minister of Transport, and pursuant to a subdelegation from the Secretary for Transport, I, Carne Maurice Clissold, Chief Traffic Engineer, hereby give the following notice:

NOTICE

THIS notice may be cited as the Traffic (Opotiki County) Notice No. 1, 1984.

The road specified in the Schedule hereto is hereby declared to be a closely populated locality for the purposes of section 52 of the Transport Act 1962.