12 FEBRUARY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 573

For further information write to the Docket Clerk at the
above address or telephone (04) 560 9412 or
e-mail docket@caa.govt.nz

Promoting a safe civil aviation system.

HILARY M. KEENAN, Docket Clerk.

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Summary of Exemptions Granted by the Director of Civil Aviation

Pursuant to section 37 of the Civil Aviation Act 1990,
notification is hereby given of exemptions, set out in the
Schedule hereto, granted by the Director of Civil Aviation.

Schedule

Nature of exemptions granted:

(a) each holder of a current General Aviation Flight
Examiner Rating issued under 61.903 from the
requirement of 61.905 (b) (1) to be within an
organisation operating under an air operator certificate issued under Part 141, or
61.905 (b) (2) to be within an organisation operating
under an aviation training organisation certificate
issued under Part 119, in order to conduct flight tests for the issue or renewal of ratings, required
by Part 61, or for operational competency assessments
for aircraft having a certified seating capacity,
excluding any pilot seat, of less than 10 seats; and

(b) each holder of a current Restricted Flight Examiner
Rating issued under 61.903 from the requirement of
61.905 (c) to be within an organisation operating
under an aviation training organisation certificate
issued under Part 141, in order to exercise the
privileges that were specified in their flight examiner
certificate or approval required by 61.901 (c) (2).

The grant of, or denial, of exemptions is also published in
the Civil Aviation Rules Register Information Leaflet
(CARRIL), as a 6-weekly publication of the Civil Aviation
Authority. Exemption docket files may be viewed on prior
request to the Registrar at the office of the Civil Aviation
Authority at 1 Market Grove (P.O. Box 31-441), Lower
Hutt.

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of February 1998.

HILARY KEENAN, Docket Clerk.

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Land Transport Safety Authority

Traffic Regulations 1976

Exemption from Specified Seat Belt Requirements of the Traffic Regulations 1976 and the Transport (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1990

Pursuant to regulation 90 (1) of the Traffic Regulations
1976 and pursuant to regulation 36 of the Transport
(Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1990, I, John Andrew
Justice, Senior Engineer, hereby exempt motor vehicles of
Classes MA and MC from the requirements specified in
Schedule 1 of this notice, subject to the conditions specified
in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1:

Exempted requirements

Traffic Regulations 1976: Regulation 78 (1) (a), (b)
Transport (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 29 (1) (a), (3)
1990:

Schedule 2:

Conditions

(i) This exemption only applies to vehicles first
registered outside New Zealand before 1 November
1979 that do not have “B”-pillars and where no
original equipment upper seat belt anchorages are
fitted for the front outer seating positions;

(ii) If upper seat belt anchorages in the front outer
seating positions can be retrofitted in accordance with
Specification St 120395 for the fitting of static
three-point lap and diagonal seat belts, such
anchorages and seat belts must be installed;

(iii) Two-point lap seat belts must be fitted in the front
outer seating positions, only if condition (ii) cannot be
complied with;

(iv) Two-point lap seat belts must be fitted in any front
centre seating positions;

(v) All seat belts must comply with one or more of the
appropriate standards listed in item 18 of the Second
Schedule to the Transport (Vehicle Standards)
Regulations 1990;

(vi) All seat belts must be in sound condition and good
working order in accordance with regulation 78C of
the Traffic Regulations 1976;

(vii) If condition (iii) applies, this exemption is only
valid if declared by an approved certifier as being
applicable to a particular vehicle, and if validated by a
VIN agent;

(viii) The declaration must be on the reverse of a copy of
this notice and contain the following information:

(a) Vehicle make, model, year of manufacture, and
VIN or chassis number,

(b) A statement to the effect that condition (iii) of this
notice applies to the vehicle,

(c) Date, and certifier’s signature and contact details;

(ix) The declaration specified in (viii) must be validated
by a VIN agent, but only if the VIN agent is satisfied
with the evidence provided by the certifier that
condition (ii) cannot be complied with for the
specified vehicle;

(x) If condition (iii) applies, a copy of this notice,
including the declaration and validation specified in
(vii), (viii) and (ix), must be carried in all exempted
vehicles at all times and must be readily available for
inspection;

(xi) This exemption may be revoked at any time.

Signed at Wellington this 10th day of February 1998.

JOHN ANDREW JUSTICE, Senior Engineer, acting under
the authority delegated to me by way of instrument of
delegation dated 23 December 1996.

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