Notice Type
Authorities/Other Agencies of State
Exemption From Specified Requirements of the Transport (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1990 Pursuant to regulation 36 of the Transport (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1990, I, John Andrew Justice, Senior Engineer, hereby exempt the motor vehicles specified in Schedule 1 of this notice from the requirements of the Transport (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1990 listed in Schedule 2, subject to the conditions specified in Schedule 3. Schedule 1 Vehicle Details Motor vehicles of all classes first registered outside New Zealand before 1 January 1991. Schedule 2 Exempted requirements relating to: Regulation 13 (8): Brakes Regulation 15 (2): Head lamps Regulation 16 (5): Side lamps Regulation 17 (3): Rear reflectors Regulation 18 (3): Stop lamps Regulation 20 (2): Direction-indicator lamps Regulation 21 (3): Reversing lamps Regulation 22 (2): Registration-plate illumination lamps Regulation 25 (2): Daytime running lamps Regulation 27: Windscreen wiping and washing Regulation 28 (2): Rear-vision mirrors Regulation 29 (4): Seat belts (anchorages only) Regulation 30 (2): Seat belt anchorages Regulation 32 (3): Door locks and hinges Regulation 33 (3): Steering Regulation 34 (1), (3): Interior fittings Schedule 3 Conditions (i) The vehicles specified in Schedule 1 must comply with all applicable requirements of the Traffic Regulations 1976; (ii) The exemptions for the components listed in Schedule 2 only relate to their standard compliance, not to their presence or function; (iii) The components specified in Schedule 2 must be within the vehicle manufacturers' operating limits; (iv) The components specified in Schedule 2 must be in sound condition and good working order and must not be modified in any way; (v) Original equipment seat belt anchorages are exempt from having to comply with an approved standard but any retrofitted anchorages must comply with either specification St 31391 or St 120395, whichever is applicable; (vi) This exemption may be revoked at any time. Signed at Wellington this 4th day of November 1997. JOHN ANDREW JUSTICE, Senior Engineer, acting under the authority delegated to me by way of instrument of delegation dated 23 December 1996.
Publication Date
13 Nov 1997

Notice Number

1997-au8175

Page Number

3787