Pursuant to Regulation 16A (2) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, pursuant to Regulation 1 (7) (a) of the Goods Service Vehicle (Constructional) Regulations 1936, and pursuant to the powers delegated to me by the Director of Land Transport Safety, I, Laszlo Andras Hidvegi, Senior Engineer, Vehicle Policy, hereby exempt the vehicles specified in Schedule 1 of this notice from the requirement in Schedule 2, subject to the conditions specified in Schedule 3.
Schedule 1
Exempted Vehicles:
All Mercedes Benz ACTROS and ATEGO trucks, the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) of which starts with
6 characters falling into the range of WDB950 to WDB976.
Schedule 2
1. Regulation 16A (1) (b) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974.
2. Requirement to be fitted with audible low air pressure warning device required in Regulation 2 (4) (b) (ii) of the Goods Service Vehicle (Constructional) Regulations 1936.
Schedule 3
(1) It must be demonstrated that the vehicles comply
with the requirements of UN/ECE Regulation No. 13,
09 series of amendments, supplement 2 (E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505.Rev.1/ Add12/Rev.3/Amend.2)
"Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles of categories 'M', 'N' and 'O' with regard to braking" or any later version of this regulation.
(2) The two, factory fitted independent visual warning devices of the vehicles to warn the drivers if the air pressure in any of the service brake reservoirs drops below 6.8 bar; or if the air pressure in the parking brake system or trailer brake system reservoir drops below 5.5 bar, must be operable.
(3) The vehicles must continue to comply with the requirements of the regulation in clause (1) and the requirement in clause (2) above.
(4) A Statement of Compliance with the requirements in clauses (1) and (2) above must be issued for each exempted vehicle by the authorised agent of the vehicle manufacturer, and it must require continuous compliance with this exemption.
(5) The Statement of Compliance in clause (4) above is sufficient means of verification of compliance with a standard, alternative to the one required in Regulation 16A (1) (b) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974.
(6) A copy of the Statement of Compliance in clause
(4) above, together with every relevant supporting information and documents, must be kept by the person who issued it, and one copy of Statement of Compliance must be provided to the registration organisation and to the operator of the vehicle.
(7) This exemption may be revoked at any time.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of August 2000.
LASZLO ANDRAS HIDVEGI, Senior Engineer, Vehicle Policy.