NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 55

21 APRIL 2011

• 5 from Maritime Rule 40C, Appendix 3.3, (3)(d) and (e) – Design, Construction and Equipment – Non-Passenger Ships that are not SOLAS Ships – Life saving appliances – Restricted coastal and restricted limit ships – ship not proceeding beyond restricted limits must carry either buoyant apparatus or lifebuoys.

• 1 from Maritime Rule 40C.12(1)(a) – Design, Construction and Equipment – Non-Passenger ships that are not SOLAS ships – General Non-Passenger Ships – Subdivision and stability – new ship of 15 metres or more in length overall must be fitted with vertically continuous collision bulkhead that is watertight up to freeboard deck.

• 1 from Maritime Rule 47.8(2)(a) – Load Lines – Ships of 24 metres or more in length – Owner’s and master’s obligations – compliance with this section and provisions of Articles 2, 3, 7, 10 to 15, Annex I and Annex II of the Load Line Convention.

• 1 from Maritime Rule 47.60(a) – Load Lines – Ships of less than 24 metres in length – Compliance with section 2 – owner and master of ship must not allow ship to proceed on a voyage unless it is surveyed and maintained.

• 1 from Maritime Rule 47.60(b)(i) – Load Lines – Ships of less than 24 metres in length – Compliance with section 2 – owner and master of ship must not allow ship to proceed on a voyage unless it is marked in accordance with requirements of rule 47.64.

• 1 from Maritime Rule 47.60(c)(i) – Load Lines – Ships of less than 24 metres in length – Compliance with section 2 – owner and master of ship must not allow ship to proceed on a voyage unless a valid New Zealand Load Line Certificate is issued in accordance with requirements of rule 47.67.

NZ Transport Agency

Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2003

Variable Speed Limit in School Zones

Pursuant to clause 6.1 of Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2003 and a delegation from the NZ Transport Agency, I, Glenn Bunting, Network Manager, approve variable speed limits in school zones in accordance with the conditions set out in this notice.

Conditions

1. Variable Speed Limit

A road controlling authority may set a speed limit of 40km/h that operates in a school zone during the periods specified in condition 2 of this notice. At all other times, the speed limit is the permanent speed limit for the road.

2. Periods of Operation

The 40km/h speed limit may operate for a maximum period of:

(a) 35 minutes before the start of school until the start of school;

(b) 20 minutes at the end of school, beginning no earlier than 5 minutes before the end of school;

(c) 10 minutes at any other time when children cross the road or enter or leave vehicles at the roadside.

3. Signs

Signs that comply with Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 must be installed to mark the beginning and end of the variable speed limit in the school zone as follows:

(a) at least one R1-6 “School zone variable” sign at each end of the variable speed limit on the main road outside the school, facing road users travelling towards the variable speed limit; and

(b) at least one R1-6 “School zone variable” sign facing road users travelling towards the variable speed limit on each side road that intersects with the school zone, where that side road is a major road; and

(c) at least one R1-6 “School zone variable” sign or R1-6.1 “School zone fixed” sign facing road users travelling towards the variable speed limit on each side road that intersects with the school zone, where that side road is a no exit road or is a minor road controlled by Give-way or Stop signs at the intersection with the school zone; and

(d) at least one R1-7 “School zone ends” sign at each end of the variable speed limit on every road, facing road users leaving the variable speed limit.

4. Length of Variable Speed Limit

A variable speed limit in a school zone must be a minimum length of 300 metres, unless this condition is impractical, but should not be longer than 500 metres. The length of variable speed limit on side roads that intersect with the school zone may be shorter than 300 metres.

5. Warrant

A road controlling authority may set a variable speed limit in a school zone that meets the requirements in (a) or (b) as follows:

(a) There is school-related pedestrian or cycle activity on the road outside the school, which exceeds approximately 50 children crossing the road or entering or leaving vehicles at the roadside, and traffic on the road outside the school meets at least one of the following conditions:

(i) the mean speed of free-running vehicles is greater than 45km/h (measured when the 40km/h variable speed limit is not operating); or

(ii) the 85th percentile speed of free-running vehicles is greater than 50km/h (measured when the 40km/h variable speed limit is not operating); or

(iii) there have been pedestrian, cycle or speed-related crashes near the school in the previous five years; or

(iv) the school-related activity in condition 5(a) occurs on a main traffic route; or

(b) there is school-related pedestrian or cycle activity on the road outside the school, with children crossing the road or entering or leaving vehicles at the roadside and safe and appropriate traffic engineering measures are installed so that the mean operating speed of free-running vehicles on the road outside the school does not exceed 40km/h when the 40km/h variable speed limit is operating.

6. Bylaw

A road controlling authority must set a variable speed limit in a school zone by making a bylaw in accordance with Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2003.