NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 69 — 4 AUGUST 2016

New Zealand Transport Agency (Christchurch–Lyttelton Motorway Tunnel) Bylaw 2016

Pursuant to section 61(3) of the Government Roading Powers Act 1989, for the purposes specified in section 22AB of the Land Transport Act 1998, the NZ Transport Agency makes the following bylaw.

Bylaw

1. Title and commencement—This bylaw is the New Zealand Transport Agency (Christchurch–Lyttelton Motorway Tunnel) Bylaw 2016, and comes into force 28 days after the date of its publication in the New Zealand Gazette. This bylaw replaces the Transit New Zealand Bylaw 1996/20.

2. Application—This bylaw applies to the section of the Christchurch–Lyttelton Motorway and State Highway 74 between a point 200 metres north of the intersection with Bridle Path Road (on-ramp) and the roundabout at the Lyttelton Portal of the Tunnel.

3. Interpretation—In this bylaw, unless the context otherwise requires:

   Agency means the NZ Transport Agency.

   Cycle has the same meaning as in the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004.

   Dangerous goods has the same meaning as in the Land Transport Rule: Dangerous Goods 2005.

   Enforcement Officer has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Land Transport Act 1998.

   Goods service vehicle has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Land Transport Act 1998.

   Loose bulk load means the transport of unpackaged material that is capable of generating or releasing dust due to wind action or movement and includes but is not limited to fertiliser, construction or demolition material, waste, soil, sand, or stock feed, but excludes bulk materials such as logs or scrap metal.

   Pedestrian has the same meaning as in the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004.

   Tunnel means the section of the Christchurch–Lyttelton Motorway between the Heathcote tunnel portal and the Lyttelton tunnel portal.

   Tunnel control building means the building, adjacent to the Heathcote portal of the Tunnel, from which tunnel control operations are carried out.

   Tunnel Control Officer means any employee, agent or contractor of the Agency who:

   (a) holds a warrant of appointment as an Enforcement Officer from the Commissioner of Police under section 208 of the Land Transport Act 1998; and

   (b) performs duties relating to the enforcement of this bylaw on the section of the Christchurch–Lyttelton Motorway and State Highway 74 between a point 200 metres north of the intersection with Bridle Path Road (on-ramp) and the intersection of Norwich Quay and Oxford Street.

   Tunnel Manager means an employee of the Agency who is appointed or designated the Manager of the Tunnel and is a Tunnel Control Officer.

   U-turn means undertake a turn which involves turning from facing or travelling in one direction to facing or travelling in the opposite direction.

   Wheeled recreational device has the same meaning as in the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004.

4. Activity within the Tunnel regulated:

   (1) A person in the Tunnel must comply with any instruction or direction given by a Tunnel Control Officer.

   (2) A person in the Tunnel must not:

   (a) tow any vehicle other than:

   (i) with a rigid pole or A-frame; or

   (ii) a trailer;

   (b) propel any vehicle by pushing it with another vehicle;

   (c) change any tyre or wheel on a vehicle;

   (d) repair any vehicle;

   (e) fuel any vehicle;

   (f) alight from any vehicle or leave any vehicle unattended except as provided in clause 5 of this bylaw;

   (g) deposit any glass, dirt, rubbish or matter in or on the Tunnel;

   (h) drive or ride any vehicle at a speed so low as to block or impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic;