NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 117 — 29 OCTOBER 2015

Load Line Convention

• 1 from Maritime Rule 47.8(2)(b)(i) – Load Lines – Ships of 24 metres or more in length – Owner’s and master's obligations – Ship is not allowed to proceed on voyage unless surveyed, maintained and marked in accordance with this section and Load Line Convention

• 1 from Maritime Rule 81.83(1)(a)(i) – Commercial Rafting Operations – Sole-guided commercial raft trips – Grade 1 or 2 rapids – Commercial raft operator must ensure that a guide undertaking sole-guided raft trips on rivers with grade 1 or 2 rapids, holds a national raft guide grade 2 award and has passed an assessment against national standard for river rescue

• 1 from Maritime Rule 81.83(1)(b)(i) – Commercial Rafting Operations – Sole-guided commercial raft trips – Grade 1 or 2 rapids – Commercial raft operator must ensure that a guide undertaking sole-guided raft trips on rivers with grade 1 or 2 rapids, holds a national raft guide grade 2 award and has passed an assessment against standard for river rescue that the director is satisfied is equivalent to the national standard

• 1 from Marine Protection Rule 122.4(1) – Marine Protection Products – Oil – Oil discharge monitoring and control system and oil filtering equipment – Applies to ships of 400 gross tonnage or more

• 1 from Marine Protection Rule 122.4(2) – Marine Protection Products – Oil – Oil discharge monitoring and control system and oil filtering equipment – Owner must ensure that every ship is fitted with oil filtering equipment designed to ensure any oily mixture, which is discharged into the sea after passing through the system, has an oil content not exceeding 15 parts per million

2015-au6313

Auckland Bus Stops Trial

Pursuant to subclause 3.4(1) of Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 (“the Rule”) and a delegation from the NZ Transport Agency, I, Glenn Bunting, Network Manager, authorise the installation and maintenance of bus stops with a yellow box marking and a single sign:

a. for the purpose described in Schedule 1;

b. in the form and layout set out in Schedule 2;

c. at the location stated in Schedule 3;

d. for the period specified in Schedule 4; and

e. subject to the evaluation outlined in Schedule 5.

A reduction in the number of traffic control device elements needed to indicate bus stops may be installed for the purpose of evaluating the use of this combination and the trial will be called the “Auckland bus stops trial”.

Schedule 1—Purpose of trial

The purpose of the trial is to:

a. evaluate the effectiveness and safety of bus stops that are identified with fewer signs and markings than are currently required (ie with only one sign, as an alternative to the requirement in subclause 12.5(1), and without the “BUS STOP” marking referred to in subclause 12.4(5A) and specified in diagram M3-2 or M3-2A in Schedule 2 of the Rule); and

b. assess drivers’ understanding of different combinations of traffic control devices to mark the location of bus stops.

Schedule 2—Form and layout of bus stops for the trial

For the purpose of the trial bus stops of no more than 30 metres in length may be identified as follows:

a. The area of the bus stop must be marked with:
i. a continuous yellow line at right angles to the kerb or roadway edge at each end of the bus stop; and
ii. a broken or continuous yellow line parallel to the kerb or roadway edge, not less than two metres and

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