122 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 4

Designation: Mayor, MacKenzie District Council.
Time and date of declaration: 8.35 a.m., 11 January 1994.

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Declaration Terminating State of Local Civil Defence Emergency

Pursuant to section 56 of the Civil Defence Act 1983, I, William Stuart McIntosh, hereby terminate the state of local civil defence emergency declared in respect of the Central Otago District on 10 January 1994.

The termination of the state of local civil defence emergency shall take effect from the time of the making of this declaration.

Declared by: W. S. McIntosh.
Designation: Mayor, Central Otago District Council.
Time and date of declaration: 9.30 a.m., 12 January 1994.

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Queen Elizabeth the Second Arts Council of New Zealand Act 1974

Queen Elizabeth the Second Arts Council of New Zealand Designation of Administrative Local Authority for Community Arts Council

Pursuant to section 36 of the Queen Elizabeth the Second Arts Council of New Zealand Act 1974, as subsequently amended under section 9 in 1977, I hereby designate The Manawatu District Council as the administrative local authority for the Manawatu Community Arts Council.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of January 1994.

DOUGLAS GRAHAM, Minister for the Arts.

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Justice

Accident Compensation Act 1982

Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992

Accident Compensation Appeal Authority

Pursuant to section 103 of the Accident Compensation Act 1982 and section 152 of the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992, Her Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

Arthur William Middleton, District Court Judge of Wellington

as a member of the Accident Compensation Appeal Authority for a term of 3 years on and from the date hereof.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of December 1993.

D. A. M. GRAHAM, Minister of Justice.

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Oaths and Declarations Act 1957

Officers in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Authorised to Take Statutory Declarations

Pursuant to section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, I hereby authorise the holders for the time being of the offices in the service of the Crown specified in the Schedule below to take statutory declarations under the said Act.

Schedule
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Director of Personnel.
Deputy Director of Personnel (Recruitment, Placement and Development).
Deputy Director of Personnel (Staff/Payroll and Review).

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of January 1994.

D. A. M. GRAHAM, Minister of Justice.
(Adm. 3/28/3/10)

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Transport

Traffic Regulations 1976

The Manner and Place of Attachment for Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINS) Allocated in New Zealand

Pursuant to regulation 90V (a) and (b) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, I, Alan Eric Wilcox, Director of Land Transport Safety, hereby declare the following to be the standard to be met when affixing vehicle identification numbers in New Zealand, and the place or places where such numbers are to be affixed for specific classes of motor vehicles.

(1) VIN location

Where vehicles are manufactured or assembled in New Zealand and marked by the manufacturer in accord with ISO 3779, ISO 4030, FMVSS 115, or ADR 43/01, they shall be deemed to comply with this notice.

In all other cases VIN must be located on a non removable structural part of the vehicle and in such a position that it may be easily read. The VIN shall be located in the position specified for that type of vehicle as detailed below. In this notice references to the right hand side refer to the side of the vehicle to the right of a person sitting in the drivers seat.

Where VINs are stamped into the structure of a vehicle, or a plate with the VIN stamped on it is attached to a vehicle, such stamping or attachment shall not cover, obliterate or change any existing characters.

(a) Motorcars (by Vehicle Class Reference, as per the Transport (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1990) MA and MC (when not a forward controlled configuration) either:

(i) In the engine compartment on the right hand side of the firewall; or

(ii) In the engine compartment on the right hand side adjacent to the mounting point of the front suspension; or

(iii) In a location inside the engine compartment approved by the Director of Land Transport Safety for a specific vehicle or vehicle model.

For all vehicles in the categories above, where a rear window is fitted, the VIN must be engraved into the left hand lower corner of that window.

(b) Forward Control Vehicles (MB, MC (when a forward controlled configuration)) either:

(i) In the passenger compartment, on the top of the right hand side wheel arch, adjacent to the seat cushion; or

(ii) In the passenger compartment, on the inner panel of the right hand “A” pillar, adjacent to where the floor meets the “A” pillar; or