Pursuant to Regulation 16A (1) (f) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, and pursuant to powers
sub-delegated to me by the Director of Land Transport Safety, I, Peter Waring, Principal Engineer, hereby exempt the vehicle specified in Schedule 1 of this notice from the requirements of the Code of Practice for the Attachment of Logging Bolsters to Trucks and Trailers used in the Transport of Logs, subject to the conditions specified in Schedule 2 of this notice.
Schedule 1
Vehicle Details
Make: Isuzu
Model: CXH450
VIN/Chassis No.: JALCXH52TX3000056
Bolsters
1992 Patchell convertible bolsters
Schedule 2
Conditions
1. Bolster attachments to use existing design.
2. Minor modifications to the existing design are only permissible if the certifier can demonstrate by calculation or approved type test that the performance and life of the bolster attachments have not been diminished by the modifications.
3. This exemption will expire on certification of the bolster attachments to a type testing process approved by the Log Transport Safety Council and the Land Transport Safety Authority, or on certification of the bolster attachments to the Code of Practice for Bolster Attachment issued by the Log Transport Safety Council and approved by the Land Transport Safety Authority.
Signed at Wellington this 21st day of November 2000.
P. WARING, acting under authority sub-delegated to me by way of an instrument of delegation dated 1 March 1999.