Left Hand Drive (Exemption From Equipment Requirements) Notice 1996 Pursuant to regulation 90 (1) of the Traffic Regulations 1976 (``the regulations''), and a delegation from the Director of Land Transport Safety dated 13 May 1996, I, Peter Nicholas Rendall, Senior Vehicle Compliance Officer, give the following notice: N o t i c e (1) The notice may be cited as The Left Hand Drive (Exemption from Equipment Requirements) Notice 1996. (2) The vehicles of the classes listed in the first column of the Schedule attached to this notice are declared exempt from the requirements of regulation 70 (1) of the regulations. (3) The exempted vehicles shall be subject to the conditions in the second column of the attached Schedule. Signed at Wellington this 18th day of September 1996. P. N. RENDALL, Senior Vehicle Compliance Officer, Land Transport Safety Authority. Schedule Class of Vehicle Conditions[nk] Any motor car or any goods vehicle with a manufacturer's Gross Vehicle Mass of not more than 3500 kg and not less than 20 years old, which has not been modified. Not more than one such vehicle is imported by any one person in any 12-month period. A letter from the Land Transport Safety Authority confirming that the vehicle qualifies for the exemption is retained in the vehicle at all times, and is produced on request to any Police Officer or authorised vehicle inspector. Any motor car or any goods vehicle with a manufacturer's Gross Vehicles Mass of not more than 3500 kg, which was registered overseas in the name of the importer, and owned and operated by the importer for not less than 90 consecutive days during the 6 month period prior to its importation into New Zealand, and which has not been modified. The vehicle must be registered and remain registered in the name of the importer until it is at least 20 years old, or it has been converted to right drive. A letter from the Land Transport Safety Authority confirming that the vehicle qualifies for the exemption is retained in the vehicle at all times, and is produced on request to any Police Officer or authorises vehicle inspector. Any vehicle other than a motor car or a goods vehicle with a manufacturer's Gross Vehicle Mass of not more than 3500 kg, the manner of or type of operation of which requires it to have its steering column to the left of the centreline. Only if the Director of Land Transport Safety agrees that the operation of the vehicle needs it to have its steering column to the left of the centreline, and only whilst the vehicle is being used for that operation. A letter from the Land Transport Safety Authority confirming that the vehicle qualifies for the exemption is retained in the vehicle at all items, and is produced on request to any Police Officer or authorised vehicle inspector. Any vehicle imported before 1 February 1989 which was exempted by the regulation then in force. A letter from the Land Transport Safety Authority confirming that the vehicle qualifies for the exemption is retained in the vehicle at all times, and is produced on request to any Police Officer or authorised vehicle inspector.