NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 42

Land Transport Safety Authority

Traffic Regulations 1976

Approval of Revolving Amber Lights for Maintenance Vehicles Operated by Tranz Rail Limited

Pursuant to regulation 67 (8) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, and by way of a subdelegation from the Director of Land Transport Safety dated 18 December 1996, I, Wayne Robert Pettersson, Senior Engineer, Safer Vehicles Roads and Rail, hereby approve the fitting of revolving amber beacons to the vehicles specified in Schedule 1 below, provided all conditions of Schedule 2 are complied with.

Schedule 1

(1) Motor vehicles used for maintenance of the railway corridor and any components of the corridor.

(2) Motor vehicles and equipment adapted to move on rail.

(3) Forklift trucks and equipment operating on land used for railway purposes.

Schedule 2

(4) The vehicle is painted a conspicuous colour and is marked as being operated by Tranz Rail Limited.

(5) The vehicle may be fitted with only one revolving amber beacon. The beacon shall be placed in such a position on the vehicle so as to ensure maximum visibility to other road users.

(6) Unless traffic is under the control of a police officer or traffic officer, adequate warning signs shall be erected as soon as practicable in advance of any hazard indicated by revolving amber lights.

(7) Beacons shall only be operated at a work site.

Signed at Wellington this 4th day of March 1998.

W. R. PETTERSSON, Senior Engineer, Safer Vehicles Road and Rail Group.

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Left Hand Drive (Exemption from Equipment Requirements) Notice 1998

Pursuant to regulation 90 (1) of the Traffic Regulations 1976 (“the regulations”), and pursuant to an authority delegated to me by the Director of Land Transport Safety (“the director”), I, Simon Christopher Whiteley, Manager Safer Vehicles, give the following notice:

Notice

1. This notice may be cited as the Left Hand Drive (Exemption from Equipment Requirements) Notice 1998 and shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1998.

2. This notice applies to those motor vehicles of the categories specified in the Schedule to this notice which have the steering column to the left of the longitudinal centre line of the body of the vehicle and which are, or have been, imported into New Zealand from any other country.

3. Subject to 4, below, I declare exempt from the requirements of regulation 70 (1) of the regulations those vehicles referred to in 2. above (“the exempted vehicles”).

4. The exempted vehicles shall be subject to the conditions specified in relation to the appropriate categories in the Schedule to this notice.

5. This notice shall, from the date of its coming into force, replace any previous notices pursuant to regulation 90 (1) and exempt motor vehicles from the requirements of regulation 70 (1) of the regulations.

Schedule

Category A: Light Vehicle Less Than 20 Years Old

Any motor car or goods service vehicle with a gross vehicle mass (as specified by the manufacturer of the vehicle) of not more than 3500 kilograms that was originally manufactured in a country other than New Zealand less than 20 years before the date of importation into New Zealand.

Conditions

(1) The person who imports the vehicle (“the original importer”) must have owned and operated the vehicle, as a vehicle registered in that importer’s name, in a country other than New Zealand for no less than 90 consecutive days immediately prior to the vehicle’s date of shipping to New Zealand.

(2) The vehicle must be imported solely for the personal use of the original importer.

(3) The original importer must be resident in New Zealand and must be a citizen of New Zealand or hold a New Zealand residence permit at the time of registration of the vehicle.

(4) The first registration of the vehicle in New Zealand (in accordance with the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986) must be in the name of the original importer.

(5) No vehicle of this category shall be an exempted vehicle where any such vehicle is registered in New Zealand in the name of the original importer 5 years or less from the date of first registration in New Zealand of any other such vehicle.

(6) A vehicle of this category shall not be exempted while it is registered in New Zealand in the name of any person other than that of the original importer during a period of 5 years from the date of its first registration in New Zealand unless 20 years or more have elapsed since the date of the vehicle’s original manufacture.

Category B: Light Vehicle More Than 20 Years Old

Any motor car or goods service vehicle with a gross vehicle mass (as specified by the manufacturer of the vehicle) of not more than 3500 kilograms and which was originally manufactured in a country other than New Zealand 20 years or more before its date of importation into New Zealand.

Conditions

(1) The vehicle must be imported solely for the personal use of the original importer.

(2) The original importer must be resident in New Zealand and must be a citizen of New Zealand or hold a New Zealand residence permit at the time of registration of the vehicle.

(3) The first registration of the vehicle in New Zealand (in accordance with the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986) must be in the name of the original importer.

(4) No vehicle of this category shall be an exempted vehicle where any such vehicle is registered in New Zealand in the name of the original importer 1 year or less from the date of first registration in New Zealand of any other such vehicle.

Category C1: Dual Steering Controls

Any motor vehicle with dual steering columns and controls.