626 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 28

Exemption from Requirements of the Code of Practice for the Attachment of Logging Bolsters to Trucks and Trailers Used in the Transport of Logs

Pursuant to Regulation 16A (1) (f) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, and pursuant to powers sub-delegated to me by the Director of Land Transport Safety, I, Peter Waring, Principal Engineer, hereby exempt the vehicles specified in Schedule 1 of this notice from the requirements of the code of practice for the attachment of logging bolsters to trucks and trailers used in the transport of logs, subject to the conditions specified in Schedule 2 of this notice.

Schedule 1

Vehicle details

Make: Volvo FH12
Model: Truck
Equipment: Convertible Bolster Equipment
VIN No.: YV5A4DBG91D122059

Schedule 2

Conditions

(i) Bolster attachments to use existing design with 250,000km recorded truck operation without failure.

(ii) Minor modifications to the existing design are only permissible if the certifier can demonstrate by calculation or approved type test that the performance and life of the bolster attachments have not been diminished by the modifications.

(iii) This exemption will expire on recertification of the bolster attachments to a type testing process approved by the Log Transport Safety Committee and the Land Transport Safety Authority, or on certification to a version of the code of practice for log bolster attachment which incorporates revised requirements for the attachment of convertible bolsters.

Signed at Wellington this 12th day of March 2001.

P. WARING, acting under authority sub-delegated to me by way of an instrument of delegation dated 3 May 1999.

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Traffic Regulations 1976

The Traffic (Selwyn District) Notice No. 3, 2001

Pursuant to Regulation 21 (2) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, and pursuant to an authority sub-delegated to me by the Director of Land Transport Safety dated 18 January 2001, I, Peter Michael Cleal, Acting Manager, Safer Roads, give the following notice.

Notice

1. This notice may be cited as the Traffic (Selwyn District) Notice No. 3, 2001.

2. Those localities and roads on the plan numbered LT 0159/3, entitled “Selwyn District Speed Restrictions at West Melton” and held by the Head Office of the Land Transport Safety Authority, and indicated by markings in accordance with the legend on that plan, 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.

3. The Traffic (Paparua County) Notice No. 1, 1987* dated 22 January 1987 is revoked.

Signed at Wellington this 9th day of March 2001.

P. M. CLEAL, Acting Manager, Safer Roads.

*New Zealand Gazette, 29 January 1987, No. 11, page 298.

(RT01/3/59)
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Approval of Brake Testing Device in Accordance With the Requirements in the Traffic Regulations 1976

Pursuant to Regulation 88 of the Traffic Regulations 1976, and pursuant to the powers delegated to me by the Director of Land Transport Safety, I, Laszlo Andras Hidvegi, Senior Engineer, Vehicle Policy, hereby approve the brake testing device specified in Schedule 1 of this notice for the purpose of testing brakes according to the requirements of Regulation 68 of the Traffic Regulations 1976.

Schedule 1

Make: BM Autoteknik Moldrup ApS
Model: BM 63200 (Crypton 630)

These brake testing devices are the CRYPTON 630 machines that have been upgraded according to the specification prescribed by and using parts and components supplied by BM Autoteknik, and marked with new BM Autoteknik serial numbers.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of March 2001.

LASZLO ANDRAS HIDVEGI, Senior Engineer, Vehicle Policy.

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Exemption From Specified Requirements of the Traffic Regulations 1976

Pursuant to Regulation 90 (2) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, I, Paul Patrick Chapman, Vehicle Compliance Officer, hereby exempt the motor vehicle specified in Schedule 1 of this notice from the requirements of the Traffic Regulations 1976 listed in Schedule 2, subject to the conditions specified in Schedule 3.

Schedule 1

Vehicle details

Make: Austin
Model: Taxi
Year: 1983
VIN No: 7A80T1X0700058114

Schedule 2

Exempted requirements

Regulation 78A (c) Seat belts

Schedule 3

Conditions

(i) All seat belts must be in sound condition and good working order and must not be modified in any way;