NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 78

5. The data in 3 (a), 3 (b), 4 (a) and 4 (b) must be rounded to the nearest 100kg and must be established by the vehicle manufacturer, the manufacturer of the towing connection, a specialist certifier approved by the Director of Land Transport Safety or a chartered mechanical engineer.

6. The data in 3 (a), 3 (b), 4 (a) and 4 (b) must be displayed after 1 July 2004.

7. A heavy agricultural trailer and a vehicle towing it or a heavy tractor towing a trailer, which are connected by a coupling other than a two-point or three-point agricultural linkage, must have a safety chain to ensure that the trailer and the towing vehicle remain connected if the coupling fails.

8. The safety chain must be permanently attached to the trailer and non-permanently connected to the towing vehicle.

9. The safety chain must not be attached to the trailer by welding of the chain itself.

10. The safety chain must have a breaking strength of at least twice the maximum mass of the trailer.

11. The safety chain must have markings stamped on to it by the manufacturer, from which the breaking strength of the chain can be established and verified either directly or indirectly.

12. The attachment point of the safety chain on the trailer must have a strength that is at least equivalent to the breaking strength of the safety chain.

13. The safety chain must be connected to a connection point on the towing vehicle that has a strength of at least twice the maximum mass of a trailer that can be towed by the tractor by means of the towing connection other than the three-point linkage.

14. The attachment point and the connection point for a safety chain, where practicable, must be fitted to a component that is not readily removable from the towing or towed vehicle.

15. The length and attachment of the safety chain must:
    (a) allow full articulation between the tractor and the trailer; and
    (b) prevent the connection from contacting the ground if a coupling failure occurs on level surface.

Schedule 1

All tractors and agricultural machines, and all trailers designed exclusively for agricultural purposes.

Schedule 2

Regulations 59 (3) (b), 60 (2) (c), 61 (2) (b) and 63 (2) (c) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, requiring forward facing side lamps, rearward facing side lamps, stop lamps and direction indicator lamps to comply with specified visibility angle requirements.

Schedule 3

The forward facing side lamps, rearward facing side lamps, stop lamps and direction indicator lamps must be fitted in accordance with the visibility requirements contained in the UN/ECE Regulation No. 86, Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Agricultural or Forestry Tractors with Regard to the Installation of Lighting and Light-Signalling Devices (E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505 Rev. 1/Add.85).

Schedule 4

For the purpose of this exemption, an agricultural trailer is a trailer that is designed exclusively for agricultural purposes.

Schedule 5

This exemption will lapse on the day when Land Transport Rule: Heavy Vehicles [Rule 31002] comes into force.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of July 2003.

LASZLO ANDRAS HIDVEGI, Senior Engineer Safer Vehicles Policy.

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Traffic Regulations 1976

Exemption From Specified Requirements of the Traffic Regulations 1976

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 4.

Schedule 1

All tractors and agricultural machines, and all trailers designed exclusively for agricultural purposes.

Schedule 2

Regulations 59 (3) (b), 60 (2) (c), 61 (2) (b) and 63 (2) (c) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, requiring forward facing side lamps, rearward facing side lamps, stop lamps and direction indicator lamps to comply with specified visibility angle requirements.

Schedule 3

The forward facing side lamps, rearward facing side lamps, stop lamps and direction indicator lamps must be fitted in accordance with the visibility requirements contained in the UN/ECE Regulation No. 86, Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Agricultural or Forestry Tractors with Regard to the Installation of Lighting and Light-Signalling Devices (E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505 Rev. 1/Add.85).

Schedule 4

This exemption will lapse on the day when Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Lighting [Rule 32005] comes into force.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of July 2003.

LASZLO ANDRAS HIDVEGI, Senior Engineer Safer Vehicles Policy.

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Exemption From Specified Requirements of the Traffic Regulations 1976

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 4.

Schedule 1

All forklifts not capable of exceeding a speed of 30km/h.

Schedule 2

Regulations 59, 60, 61, 62 and 64 of the Traffic Regulations 1976.

Schedule 3

1. A forklift, to which this exemption applies, must not be operated on a road where the permitted maximum speed for any motor vehicle is more than 50km/h, unless it is operated to load or off-load a vehicle or shift a load, and the part of the road where the forklift is operated is closed off from other vehicular traffic in a safe manner while the forklift is operated on it.

2. When the forklift is used on the road during the hours of darkness, it must display at least three lamps, the light from which is visible for 100m under normal atmospheric conditions.

3. Two of these lamps must be placed so as to display a substantially white or amber light to the front and sides of the vehicle, one at each side of the vehicle, and the third must be placed so as to display a red light to the rear of the vehicle.

4. The two lamps displaying light to the front of the vehicle must be so fitted and adjusted that they do not dazzle or annoy other road users.

Schedule 4

This exemption will lapse on the day when Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Lighting [Rule 32005] comes into force.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of July 2003.

LASZLO ANDRAS HIDVEGI, Senior Engineer Safer Vehicles Policy.

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