✨ Traffic Controls Bylaw
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 66 — 23 JUNE 2017
9. Stock
9.1 A person must not cause or permit stock to be driven along a road specified in Part F(b) of a Regional Schedule or in any other bylaw.
9.2 A person must not cause or permit stock to be driven along a road specified in Part F(a) of a Regional Schedule or in any other bylaw unless:
(a) the stock is being ridden or being led by a rope, rein or other similar means of guidance;
(b) the stock is driven within the time period specified for that road; or
(c) the person:
(i) has first obtained written permission from the Agency to drive the stock along the road; and
(ii) complies with any conditions imposed by the Agency.
9.3 In clauses 9.1 and 9.2 drive means to urge or force an animal to move in a particular direction and includes leading, herding and riding but does not include the transportation of an animal in a motor vehicle, and driving and driven have a corresponding meaning.
10. Engine brakes
10.1 A person must not use engine brakes:
(a) at any time on a road specified in Part I(a) of a Regional Schedule or in any other bylaw;
(b) other than during the times specified, on a road specified, in Part I(b) of a Regional Schedule or in any other bylaw.
Part 3: Enforcement And Exceptions
11. Offences and penalties
11.1 Without limiting any provision of any other enactment, a person who breaches this bylaw commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $500.
12. Exceptions
12.1 A person is not in breach of this bylaw if the person proves that the act or omission that would otherwise constitute a breach—
(a) was done at the direction of an enforcement officer;
(b) in the case of an act or omission done by an enforcement officer, was necessary in the execution of the person’s duty;
(c) was done during the course of a public work engagement and was done with due consideration for other road users; or
(d) was done with an emergency vehicle being used in an emergency.
12.2 A person is not in breach of this bylaw if the person proves that:
(a) the act or omission that would otherwise constitute a breach took place in response to a situation on a road;
(b) the situation was not of the person’s own making; and
(c) the act or omission was taken:
(i) to avoid the death or injury of a person; or
(ii) if the act or omission did not create a risk of death or injury or greater damage to any property, to avoid damage to any property.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of June 2017.
TOMMY PARKER, Group Manager, Highways and Network Operations, NZ Transport Agency.
Schedule 1: Revoked Bylaws
Transit New Zealand (One-Way Roads) Bylaw 2001/3.
Transit New Zealand Bylaws (Stopping and Parking of Vehicles on State Highways) 2002/5, 2002/9, 2003/2, 2003/3, 2003/4, 2003/5, 2003/6.
New Zealand Transport Agency (Bus Lanes) Bylaw 2009/13.
New Zealand Transport Agency (Heavy Motor Vehicles on State Highways) Bylaw 2010.
New Zealand Transport Agency (Right Turn Ban State Highway 3 To and From Mangatai Road) Bylaw 2010/NP1.
New Zealand Transport Agency (Traffic Controls on State Highways in Region 11) Bylaw 2012/R11/1.
Next Page →
NZ Gazette 2017, No 66
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🚂
New Zealand Transport Agency (Traffic Controls on State Highways) Bylaw 2017/14
(continued from previous page)
🚂 Transport & Communications7 June 2017
Bylaw, Traffic Controls, State Highways, NZ Transport Agency, Vehicular Use, Prohibitions, Restrictions, Stock, Engine Brakes, Offences, Penalties, Exceptions, Revoked Bylaws
- TOMMY PARKER, Group Manager, Highways and Network Operations, NZ Transport Agency