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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 26

Exemption from Specified Seat Belt Requirements of the Traffic Regulations 1976 and the Transport (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1990, Subject to Frontal Impact Standards

Pursuant to regulation 90 (1) of the Traffic Regulations 1976 and regulation 36 of the Transport (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1990, I, John Andrew Justice, Senior Engineer, hereby exempt seat belts in motor vehicles of Classes MA, MB, MC, and NA from the requirement in regulation 78A of the Traffic Regulations 1976 of having to be approved, and from the requirements of regulation 29 (2) and (3) of the Transport (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1990, subject to the conditions specified in Schedule 1 of this notice.

Schedule 1

Conditions

(i) This exemption only applies to vehicles manufactured on or after 1 January 1993 that comply with, and are certified to comply with, one or more of the frontal impact standards listed in Schedule 2 of this notice, in the versions in force at the time of manufacture;

(ii) This exemption only applies to original equipment seat belts, and replacement seat belts approved by the vehicle manufacturer that are identifiable by part numbers or identification numbers identical to the original equipment seat belts;

(iii) 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;

(iv) 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) The frontal impact standard with which the vehicle complies,

(c) The part numbers or identification numbers of the seat belts in each seating position,

(d) A statement to the effect that this exemption notice applies to the vehicle,

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

(v) The declaration specified in (iv) must be validated by a VIN agent, but only if the VIN agent is satisfied with the evidence provided by the certifier that this exemption is applicable to the specified vehicle;

(vi) This notice is only valid as long as an exempted vehicle continues to comply with the approved frontal impact standard to which it was certified;

(vii) A copy of this notice, including the declaration and validation specified in (iii), (iv) and (v), must be carried in all exempted vehicles at all times and must be readily available for inspection;

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

Schedule 2

Approved frontal impact standards

(i) Directive 96/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 on the protection of occupants of motor vehicles in the event of a frontal impact [which, for the purpose of occupant protection in the event of a frontal impact, amends the Council Directive of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (70/156/EEC)];

(ii) Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, Occupant Crash Protection in Passenger Cars, Multipurpose Passenger Vehicles, Trucks and Buses;

(iii) Australian Design Rule 69/00, Full Frontal Impact Occupant Protection;

(iv) Technical Standard for Occupant Protection in Frontal Collision, Jisha Circular No. 899 of October 1, 1983.

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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Transport Act 1962

Approval of Defensive Driving Organisations

Pursuant to section 39A of the Transport Act 1962 and section 48 (2) (a) of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986, I, Alan Woodside, Group Manager Safer People and Operators, hereby approve the following organisation for the purposes of section 68 (1) (b) of the Transport Act 1962 and regulations 11 (1) (b) (i) and 32 (2) (c) of the Transport (Drivers Licensing) Regulations 1987:

Salvation Army Training & Employment Programme, Waihi.

Signed at Wellington this 9th day of February 1998.

A. WOODSIDE, Group Manager, Safer People and Operators.

(File: RUO4/5)

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The Traffic (Rotorua District) Notice 1998

Pursuant to section 52 of the Transport Act 1962 and regulation 21 (2) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, and pursuant to an authority sub-delegated to me by the Land Transport Safety Authority of New Zealand dated 9 June 1997, I, John Paul Edgar, Manager, Safer Roads, give the following notice:

Notice

(1) This notice may be cited as the Traffic (Rotorua District) Notice 1998.

(2) Those localities and roads within markings identified in the legend of and appearing on the plan numbered LT9823/1, entitled “Rotorua District Roading Speed Restrictions in Rotorua Urban Area”, and held by the head office of the Land Transport Safety Authority, are declared to be closely populated localities at all times, pursuant to section 52 (1) (c) of the Transport Act 1962; except where marked as 70 kilometres an hour speed limit areas, pursuant to regulation 21 (2) of the Traffic Regulations 1976; except where marked as excluded from the limitation as to speed imposed by section 52 (1) of the Transport Act 1962, pursuant to section 52 (2) of the Transport Act 1962, as may be ascertained from the legend. The plan and legend are hereby incorporated into this notice.

(3) The following notice is revoked:

The Traffic (Rotorua District) Notice 1996*.

Signed at Wellington this 4th day of February 1998.

J. P. EDGAR, Manager, Safer Roads.