NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

10 JULY

2071

Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Electoral Commission

Electoral Act 1993

Amendments to Register of Political Parties

Removal of Component Parties

Pursuant to Part 4 of the Electoral Act 1993, at its meeting on 13 December 2002, the Electoral Commission approved the application by the secretary for The Alliance to remove

Mana Motuhake O Aotearoa

as a component party of The Alliance, and the Register of Political Parties was amended accordingly.

Pursuant to Part 4 of the Electoral Act 1993, at its meeting on 13 December 2002, the Electoral Commission approved the application by the secretary for Jim Anderton’s Progressive Coalition to remove

The New Zealand Democratic Party Incorporated

as a component party of Jim Anderton’s Progressive Coalition, and the Register of Political Parties was amended accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of July 2003.

DR P. HARRIS, Chief Executive, Electoral Commission.

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Electoral Enrolment Centre

Electoral Act 1993

Electoral Main Rolls Closing Notice 2003

Pursuant to section 104 (2) (b) of the Electoral Act 1993, the Chief Registrar of Electors gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title—This notice is the Electoral Main Rolls Closing Notice 2003.

2. Date for closing of main rolls—The date for the closing of the main rolls is 15 August 2003.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of July 2003.

JOHN ALLEN, Chief Registrar of Electors.

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

The main rolls are printed for each electoral district to enable members of the public to check them. The rolls list electors who are enrolled on a date specified for the closing of the rolls. This notice specifies 15 August 2003 as that date. The rolls will be printed as soon as practicable after that date.

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Land Transport Safety Authority

Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974
Traffic Regulations 1976

Exemption From Specified Requirements of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974 and the Traffic Regulations 1976

Pursuant to Regulation 16A (2) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, pursuant to Regulation 90 (1) 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 Safer Vehicles Policy, hereby exempt the vehicles specified in Schedule 1 of this notice from the requirements in Schedule 2, subject to the conditions in Schedule 3, until the time specified in Schedule 5.

For the purpose of this exemption, the term “agricultural trailer” is defined in Schedule 4.

This notice replaces the exemption for the towing connection of agricultural vehicles and the brakes of agricultural trailers published in the New Zealand Gazette, 12 December 2002, page 4496.

Schedule 1

All light tractors that are being used to tow heavy trailers, all heavy tractors and all heavy agricultural trailers.

Schedule 2

Regulation 16A (1) (c) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, requiring vehicles to comply with the New Zealand Standard 5446: 1987 Code of Practice for Heavy Motor Vehicle Towing Connections: Drawbar Trailers.

The requirement in Regulation 83 (b) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, according to which a trailer must be fitted with a brake that operates immediately to stop the trailer if it becomes disconnected from the towing vehicle.

Schedule 3

1. A towing connection must be suitable for its purpose, must be in safe condition and in good working order.

2. A coupling must be fitted with a locking device, and it must be possible to verify by visual inspection that the coupling is locked in its fully engaged position.

3. The towing connection, other than a three-point agricultural linkage, fitted to a tractor to tow a trailer, must have the following, clearly displayed in kilograms, on or adjacent to the coupling, by the time specified in point 6:

   (a) the maximum mass of a trailer that can be towed by the tractor by means of this towing connection; and

   (b) the permitted maximum vertical load for the coupling.

4. The towing connection, other than a two-point or three-point agricultural linkage, fitted to a heavy agricultural trailer for the purpose of towing it, must have the following, clearly displayed in kilograms, on or adjacent to the coupling, by the time specified in point 6:

   (a) the maximum mass of the trailer, including the mass of any vehicles that can be towed by the trailer; and

   (b) the maximum vertical load at the coupling when the trailer is fully laden.