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the carriage of passengers for hire or reward) the gross laden weight of which exceeds 3,500 kg; but does not include a traction engine or vehicle designed solely or principally for the use of fire brigades in attendance at fires.

3. Prohibiting use of heavy motor vehicles—(1) The driving or taking of any heavy motor vehicle onto or over the sections of State highway described in the First Schedule to this bylaw is prohibited if—
   (a) The vehicle is an articulated vehicle; or
   (b) The vehicle, together with its load, exceeds a total length of 10.5 metres; or
   (c) The vehicle is drawing a trailer.
   (2) The driving or taking of any heavy motor vehicle or combination of heavy motor vehicles onto or over the sections of State highways described in the Second Schedule to this bylaw while there is another heavy motor vehicle or combination of heavy motor vehicles on that section of State highway is prohibited.

First Schedule
The section of State Highway No. 38 (Waiotapu-Wairoa via Waikaremoana) that is between Lake House, Waikaremoana, and the junction of Mataatua Road with State Highway No. 38, approximately 805 metres on the Lake House side of Ruatāhuna.

Second Schedule
The following bridges on State Highway No. 6 (Blenheim-Invercargill):

• the Fox Bridge (Route Position 626/8.26)
• the Cook Bridge (Route Position 639/0.00)
• the Karangarua Bridge (Route Position 659/0.00)
• the Gates of Haast Bridge (Route Position 800/5.15).

This bylaw was made by resolution passed at a meeting of Transit New Zealand held in Wellington on the 6th day of March 1996.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of March 1996.

Signed on behalf of Transit New Zealand by
J. H. VAN BARNEVELD, National State Highway Manager, Transit New Zealand.

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Bylaw Relating to Long Vehicles on State Highways

Pursuant to section 61 (3) of the Transit New Zealand Act 1989, Transit New Zealand hereby makes the following bylaw:

Bylaw

1. Title and commencement—This bylaw may be cited as the Transit New Zealand (Long Vehicles on State Highways) Bylaw 1996/3 and shall come into force 28 days after the date of its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. Interpretation—In this bylaw—
   “Vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Transport Act 1962.

3. Prohibiting long vehicles—(1) No person may drive or take or operate or permit to be driven or taken or operated on the sections of State highway described in the Schedule to this bylaw any vehicle if the vehicle, or the vehicle and its load combined, is over 13 metres in length; or any combinations of vehicles, the combined length of which inclusive of connections or their loads, or both, is over 13 metres in length.

(2) Clause 3 (1) of this bylaw does not apply to any vehicle being used with the consent of the Regional State Highway Manager, Transit New Zealand, Christchurch as part of works to repair flood damage or to construct, repair, or maintain any part of the State highway or any structure associated with it.

(3) The Regional State Highway Manager, Transit New Zealand, Christchurch, may impose conditions to his or her consent under clause 3 (2) of this bylaw. Such conditions may include but are not limited to prescribing the times the vehicle can travel and requiring the vehicle to be escorted.

Schedule
The section of State Highway No. 73 (Christchurch-Kumara) that is between the summit of Arthur’s Pass and Barrack Creek (near Otira).

This bylaw was made by resolution passed at a meeting of Transit New Zealand held in Wellington on the 6th day of March 1996.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of March 1996.

Signed on behalf of Transit New Zealand by
J. H. VAN BARNEVELD, National State Highway Manager, Transit New Zealand.

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Bylaw Concerning the Stopping of Vehicles on State Highways

Pursuant to section 61 (3) of the Transit New Zealand Act 1989, Transit New Zealand hereby makes the following bylaw:

Bylaw

1. Title and commencement—This bylaw may be cited as the Transit New Zealand (Stopping of Vehicles on State Highways) Bylaw 1996/2 and shall come into force 28 days after the date of its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. Interpretation—In this bylaw—
   “Vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Transport Act 1962.

3. Discretion to prohibit stopping of vehicles—Transit New Zealand may from time to time erect signs prohibiting the stopping of vehicles on the sections of State highway described in the Schedule to this bylaw if in the opinion of Transit New Zealand it is expedient to do so having regard to—
   (a) Actual or likely traffic congestion; or
   (b) Actual or likely inconvenience to the passage of traffic.

4. Prohibiting stopping of vehicles—The stopping of vehicles on the sections of State highway described in the Schedule to this bylaw is prohibited whenever a sign prohibiting stopping is in place.

Schedule
The section of State Highway No. 73 (Christchurch-Kumara) that is between the summit of Porters Pass (Route Position 76/6.01) generally westwards to a point approximately 1.2 kilometres before the junction of State Highway No. 73 with the Lake Lyndon-Lake Coleridge Road (Route Position 76/8.01).

This bylaw was made by resolution passed at a meeting of Transit New Zealand held in Wellington on the 6th day of March 1996.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of March 1996.

Signed on behalf of Transit New Zealand by
J. H. VAN BARNEVELD, National State Highway Manager, Transit New Zealand.

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