15 JUNE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1445

These airworthiness directives shall come into force on 15 June 2000.

Airworthiness directives may be viewed on the CAA web site (www.caa.govt.nz) or at Aviation House, 1 Market Grove, Lower Hutt, Wellington.

Dated this 8th day of June 2000.

GEOFFREY N. CONNOR, Safety Analyst–Continuing Airworthiness.

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Land Transport Safety Authority

Traffic Regulations 1976

The Traffic (Far North District) Notice No. 2, 2000

Pursuant to 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 (Far North District) Notice No. 2, 2000.

2. Those localities and roads within markings identified in the legend of and appearing on the plan numbered LT0001/2, entitled “Far North District Roading Speed Restrictions at Waimamaku”, held by the Head Office of the Land Transport Safety Authority, are declared to be 70 kilometres an hour speed limit areas, pursuant to regulation 21 (2) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, as may be ascertained from the legend.

The plan and legend are hereby incorporated into this notice.

Signed at Wellington this 15th day of May 2000.

J. P. EDGAR, Manager, Safer Roads.

(RT01/3/1)

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Automotive CNG Fuel Cylinder Approvals

Pursuant to regulation 90B of the Traffic Regulations 1976, and pursuant to the powers delegated to me by the Director of Land Transport Safety, I, John Andrew Justice, Acting Manager Safer Vehicle Policy, hereby approve the CNG fuel cylinders in the Schedule hereto, for inclusion in any CNG automotive fuel system installed and operated in accordance with the requirements of Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2739:1999, subject to the conditions of approval set out in this notice.

Schedule

This approval only applies to cylinders as specified on the following two drawings:

NZ-229-300-870/T Rev. 0 (covering models: T229/20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 30, 35, 40, 50).

NZ-267-300-840/B Rev. 1 (covering models: B267/25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 37, 40, 44, 45, 47, 50, 54, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80).

Conditions of Approval

These automotive CNG fuel cylinders are approved subject to the following conditions—

1. That they comply with all the design, performance, and test requirements of New Zealand Standard NZS 5454:1989 as applicable to all-metal steel cylinders.

2. That they be provided with a cylinder shut off valve designed for the cylinder working pressure and compatible with the test pressure of the cylinder. Cylinder shut off valves shall be fitted with a handwheel to facilitate ease of opening and closing of the valve and shall be fitted with a pressure relief device, which remains in contact with the gas contained in the cylinder whether the handwheel is in the open or closed position, comprising a burst disc backed with a fusible alloy plug having a nominal melt temperature of 100°C. Should the alloy plug melt the burst disc shall yield at a pressure of not less than 24.7 MPa and not more than 30.0 MPa, otherwise it shall remain inoperative. Cylinder valves shall be provided with an outlet thread of ½” NPT (female) and a stem thread compatible with the cylinder neck thread.

3. That they are tested at periods not exceeding 5 years, in accordance with the requirements of Australian Standard AS 2337.1.

4. Cylinder markings are in accordance with section 9 of New Zealand Standard NZS 5454:1989.

5. Neck threads are in accordance with section 5 (5.3) of New Zealand Standard NZS 5454:1989.

Signed at Wellington this 7th day of June 2000.

J. A. JUSTICE, Acting Manager Safer Vehicle Policy.

(VP50-70)

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