17 MAY 2012 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 55 1605

Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Exhaust Emissions 2007, Rule 33001/2

Section 2.2(1) 193

Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Lighting 2004, Rule 32005

Section 6.3(2) 1

Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Standards Compliance 2002, Rule 35001/1

Section 4.2 32
Section 4.3 32
Section 6.3(4) 1
Section 10.2(1) 1

Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Dimensions & Mass 2002, Rule 41001

Section 4.2(2) 2
Section 4.2(4) 2
Section 4.2(10)(d) 2
Section 4.6(12) 1
Section 5.2(6)(d) 2

Land Transport Rule: Heavy Vehicle Brakes 2006, Rule 32015

Section 2.3(9) 47
Section 2.5(1) 1

Signed at Wellington this 9th day of May 2012.

ANGELA DUNCAN, Managing Counsel (Rules), NZ Transport Agency.

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Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2003

Variable Speed Limit at Rural Schools (Turning Vehicle Hazard)

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 a variable speed limit at the schools listed in the Schedule, where there is a turning vehicle hazard, in accordance with the conditions set out in this notice.

Conditions

1. Variable Speed Limit

The road controlling authorities listed in the Schedule may set a variable speed limit of 60km/h on a road with a permanent speed limit of 80km/h or a variable speed limit of 70km/h on a road with a permanent speed limit of 100km/h to manage the hazard caused by turning vehicles at the schools listed in the Schedule.

2. Length of Variable Speed Limit

The variable speed limit on the main road on which the school is located 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 may be shorter than 300 metres.

3. Periods of Operation

The 60km/h or 70km/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 five minutes before the end of school;

(c) 10 minutes at any other time when vehicles are entering or leaving the school grounds or there is pedestrian or cycle activity on the road outside the school, at schools where all approaches to the variable speed limit are controlled by "Variable speed limit (rural schools turning vehicle hazard)" signs.

4. Signs

(a) Signs that comply with the "Rural Schools Variable Speed Limit (Turning Vehicle Hazard) Trial" notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 17 May 2012, No. 55, page 1606, must be installed on every approach to a variable speed limit at a school listed in the Schedule as follows:

(i) At least one "Variable speed limit (rural schools turning vehicle hazard)" sign on each approach to the variable speed limit on the main road outside the school and on each approach on a major side road that intersects with the road controlled with a variable speed limit; and

(ii) At least one "Variable speed limit – fixed (rural schools turning vehicle hazard)" sign on each approach on a minor side road that intersects with the road controlled with a variable speed limit.

(b) R1-1, R1-1.1 or R1-3 signs that comply with Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 must be installed at the end of the variable speed limit on every road that leaves the variable speed limit.