Transport Bylaw




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 112

1 SEPTEMBER 2010

New Zealand Transport Agency (Speed Limits on State Highways) Bylaw 2010/10

Pursuant to section 61(3) of the Government Roading Powers Act 1989 and the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2003, the New Zealand Transport Agency hereby makes the following bylaw.

Bylaw

  1. Title and commencement—This bylaw may be cited as the New Zealand Transport Agency (Speed Limits on State Highways) Bylaw 2010/10 and will come into force 28 days after the date of publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

  2. Interpretation—In this bylaw:

“holiday speed limit”, “permanent speed limit”, “rural area”, “rural speed limit”, “speed limit”, “temporary speed limit” and “variable speed limit” have the same meanings as they have in Part 2 of the Speed Limits Rule.

“km/h” means kilometres per hour.

“School Zones Notice” means the notice dated the 31st day of May 2005, published in the New Zealand Gazette, 2 June 2005, No. 86, page 2051.

“Speed Limits Rule” means the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2003.

“State highway” means a State highway as defined in section 2 of the Government Roading Powers Act 1989 and includes a motorway as defined in section 2 of that Act.

“traffic sign” has the same meaning as it has in Part 2 of the Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004.

“variable speed limit sign” means a traffic sign displaying numerals indicating the speed limit which is capable of displaying different numerals and complies with the Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004.

“vehicle” has the same meaning as it has in section 2(1) of the Land Transport Act 1998.

  1. Scheduled speed limits—Subject to any temporary speed limits set in accordance with Section 5 of the Speed Limits Rule, the sections of State highway described in the attached Schedules have the speed limits specified in those Schedules, which are part of this bylaw.

  2. List of Schedules

Schedule 1 – Speed limits for specified sections of State highway

Schedule 2 – Sections of State highway with a variable speed limit (including school zones)

Schedule 3 – Sections of State highway with a holiday speed limit



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