5 JULY

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Post 1979 Vehicles Only” (form No. 14/41/1/1) dated March 1990. It only applies to vehicles where:

(a) A non-complying seat belt is fitted to a seat which is required to have a seat belt.

(b) Any non-complying seat belt that is fitted is in a safe condition for its intended purpose but not necessarily of an approved type or marked in accordance with an approved standard.

(c) The retractor mechanism of any non-complying seat belt operates smoothly and consistently.

3. This exemption notice and the flow chart “Seat Belt Inspection Procedure—Post 1979 Vehicles Only” (form No. 14/41/1/1) dated March 1990, only apply to vehicles within the specified class until 30 September 1991. From 1 October 1991 all vehicles within the specified class must be fitted with seat belts meeting the full requirements of the regulations which pertain to that vehicle. The only exception to this is those vehicles which have been issued with a permanent exemption.

4. This temporary exemption does not affect any rights of legal redress.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of June 1990.

H. C. MATHESON, for Secretary for Transport.
(M.O.T. 14/41/1/1)
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Temporary Exemption from Seat Belt Requirements for Specified Class of Motor Vehicle (Pre-1979)

Pursuant to regulation 90 subclause (1) of the Traffic Regulations 1976 the Secretary for Transport hereby exempts a specified class of motor vehicle from the requirements of regulation 78 of the Traffic Regulations 1976 provided those vehicles comply with the conditions below. This notice shall apply as from 13 March 1990.

Definition

The specified class of motor vehicle is, any vehicle first registered in New Zealand from 1 January 1955 to 31 October 1979 inclusive.

Conditions

1. This temporary exemption only applies to vehicles within the specified class.

2. The exemption does not affect regulation 78 subclause (2) of the Traffic Regulations 1976.

3. This exemption must be read in conjunction with the sections of the booklet (Seat Belt Requirements for Light Vehicles—dated March 1990), that pertain to this specified class of vehicle. It only applies to vehicles where:

(a) A non-complying seat belt is fitted to a seat which is required to have a seat belt.

(b) Any non-complying seat belt that is fitted is in a safe condition for its intended purpose but not necessarily of an approved type or marked/labelled in accordance with an approved standard.

(c) The retractor mechanism (if fitted) operates smoothly and consistently.

4. Details of seat belt non-compliance are to be entered on WOF check sheets (both copies). The agency copy must be retained for inspection by the Ministry of Transport. At the time of warrant of fitness inspection the vehicle owner must be informed of non-compliance details.

5. This exemption notice only applies to vehicles within the specified class until 30 September 1991. From 1 October 1991 all vehicles within the specified class must be fitted with seat belts meeting the full requirements of regulation 78 of the Traffic Regulations 1976. The only exception to this is those vehicles which have been issued with a permanent exemption.

6. This temporary exemption does not affect any rights of legal redress.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of June 1990.

H. C. MATHESON, for Secretary for Transport.
(M.O.T. 14/41/1/1)
507342

Exemption of Certain Motor Vehicles from Requirements Relating to Auxiliary Headlamps

Pursuant to regulation 90 (1) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, and pursuant to powers delegated to me by the Secretary for Transport by an instrument of delegation dated the 14th day of November 1989, vehicles of the class specified in the Schedule hereto are hereby exempted from the requirement of regulation 65 (a) of the said regulations requiring that auxiliary lamps be electrically connected so that they cannot be used while headlamps are in use, provided that the only auxiliary lamps fitted are those described in the Schedule.

Schedule

Vehicles having front fog lamps fitted by the vehicle manufacturer and which comply with the requirements of one or more of the following standards:

(a) Economic Commission for Europe Regulation 19.

(b) European Economic Community Directive EEC 76/762.

(c) Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108.

(d) Japanese Industrial Standards D5500.

(e) Australian Design Rule 50 together with Australian Design Rule 13.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of July 1990.

H. C. MATHESON, Senior Automotive Engineer.
(M.O.T. 14/34/1)
507354

Transport Act 1962

The Traffic (Rodney District) Notice No. 4 1990

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

Notice

This notice may be cited as the Traffic (Rodney District) Notice No. 4 1990.

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

So much of the Traffic (Rodney District) Notice No. 1, 1990, signed on the 30th day of March 1990*, which relates to the road in the Schedule below issued pursuant to section 52 of the Transport Act 1962 and regulation 21 (2) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, is revoked.

Schedule

Situated within Rodney District:

Tavern Road.

Signed at Wellington this 25th day of June 1990.

C. M. CLISSOLD, Chief Traffic Engineer.

*New Zealand Gazette, No. 58, dated 12 April 1990, page 1292.

(M.O.T. 29/1(Rodney District))
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