Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

National Rural Fire Authority

Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977

Department of Conservation Otago Conservancy (Dunedin City) Fire Safety Margin Removal Amendment Notice 2011

Pursuant to section 14(5) of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977, the National Rural Fire Authority hereby makes the following notice.

Notice

1. (1) This notice is the Department of Conservation Otago Conservancy (Dunedin City) Fire Safety Margin Removal Amendment Notice 2011.

(2) This notice will come into force 28 days after its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. In the First Schedule of the fire safety removal notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 28 April 2011, No. 57, page 1334, please replace the information on page 1337 from

"Mt Cargill Scenic Reserve (Proposed addition)"

to above

"Craighall Crescent Recreation Reserve"

with the following:

"Mt Cargill Scenic Reserve (Proposed addition)
Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 DP 18407.
Port Chalmers Primary School
Lot 50 DP 7074.
Goat Island Scenic Reserve
Section 30 Block VI Portobello Survey District.
Quarantine Island Recreation Reserve
Section 31 Block VI Portobello Survey District.
Conservation Area (Sawyers Bay)
Section 82 Sawyers Bay Survey District.
Little Hoopers Inlet Wildlife Management Reserve
Section 58 Block III Portobello Survey District.
Tomahawk Lagoon Wildlife Management Reserve
Crown Land (Tomahawk Lagoon) Block VII Otago Peninsula Survey District.
Section 42 Block III Tomahawk Survey District.
Lot 1 DP 17433.
Lot 15 DP 6281.
Conservation Area (Tomahawk Lagoon)
Lot 2 DP 10814.
Conservation Area (Tomahawk Lagoon)
Lot 3 DP 10814.
St Clair Recreation Reserve
Lot 11 DP 9686.
Part Section 1 Block II Ocean Beach Survey District.
Conservation Area (Victoria Road)
Crown Land Block XII Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District.
Every’s Scientific Reserve
Lot 1 DP 23728.
Abbots Creek Recreation Reserve
Section 69 Green Island West Survey District.
Mount Cargill Scenic Reserve
Lot 2 DP 300206."

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of April 2011.

M. J. DUDFIELD, National Rural Fire Officer.
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NZ Transport Agency

Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004

Traffic Signs – 40km/h Advisory School Zones Trial

Pursuant to subclause 3.4(1) of the Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 ("the Rule") and to a delegation from the NZ Transport Agency, I, Glenn Bunting, Network Manager, hereby authorise the installation and maintenance of alternative signs:

(i) for the purpose described in Schedule 1;

(ii) in the form and layout, set out in Schedule 2;

(iii) at the locations stated in Schedule 3;

(iv) for the period specified in Schedule 4; and

(v) subject to the terms and conditions detailed in Schedule 5.

The alternative signs shall be used for the purpose of evaluating their use and the trial shall be called the "40km/h advisory school zones trial".

Schedule 1—Purpose of trial

The purpose of the trial is to:

(a) evaluate the effectiveness and safety of traffic signs that differ from those specified in Schedule 1 of the Rule; and

(b) assess the effect of advisory speed signs as an alternative means of managing traffic in school zones.

Schedule 2—Form and layout of signs

The signs must be as specified in the following descriptions:

40km/h Advisory School Zone

The sign indicates to drivers that they are entering a school zone with an advisory maximum speed of 40km/h whenever children are present in the zone.

Shape and Size:

• Rectangle
  • 900 x 1500mm (speed limit ≤ 70km/h)
  • 1200 x 2000mm (speed limit > 70km/h)

Background:

• Yellow-green (RF)

Border:

• Black 20mm (≤ 70km/h)
• 30mm (> 70km/h)

Legend:
| Description | Colour | Size |
|----------------------|--------|-----------------------|
| "SCHOOL" | Black | 120/20.4 (≤ 70km/h) |
| "ZONE" | Black | 160/27.2 (> 70km/h) |
| above a horizontal | Black | 20mm (≤ 70km/h) |
| line | Black | 30mm (> 70km/h) |