Pursuant to section 52 of the Transport Act 1962 and regulation 21 (2) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, and pursuant to an authority sub-delegated to me by the Land Transport Safety Authority of New Zealand dated 9 June 1997, I, John Paul Edgar, Manager, Safer Roads, give the following notice:
N o t i c e
(1) This notice may be cited as the Traffic (Whakatane District) Notice 2000.
(2) Those localities and roads within markings identified in the legend of and appearing on the plan numbered LT0026/1, entitled "Whakatane District Roading Speed Restrictions at Matata and Thornton", and held by the Head Office of the Land Transport Safety Authority, are declared to be closely populated localities at all times, pursuant to section 52 (1) (c) of the Transport Act 1962; except where declared:
(a) as 70 kilometres an hour speed limit areas, pursuant to regulation 21 (2) of the Traffic Regulations 1976; or
(b) excluded from the limitation as to speed imposed by section 52 (1) of the Transport Act 1962,
as may be ascertained from the legend. The plan and legend are hereby incorporated into this notice.
(3) The following notice is revoked:
The Traffic (Whakatane District) Notice 1996.*
Signed at Wellington this 5th day of May 2000.
J. P. EDGAR, Manager, Safer Roads.
*New Zealand Gazette, 4 July 1996, No. 68, page 1692.
(RT01/3/26)