and Certification
Pursuant to section 166 (1) of the Land Transport Act 1998 ("the Act") and Regulation 36 of the Transport (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1990, and being satisfied on those matters in section 166 (2) of the Act, and pursuant to an authority delegated to me by the Director of Land Transport Safety, I, Simon Christopher Whiteley, Manager Safer Vehicles Policy, exempt the vehicles specified in Schedule 1 of this notice from the requirements listed in Schedule 2, subject to the conditions specified in Schedule 3.
Schedule 1
Vehicle 1
Make: Mercedes-Benz
Model: E200
Year of Manufacture: 1993
VIN No.: ADB1240196C020813
Date of Importation: September 1999
Owner: J. Jairam
Vehicle 2
Make: Audi
Model: 500 SE
Year of Manufacture: 1994
VIN No.: AAAZZZ4AZPU002109
Date of Importation: April 2000
Owner: H. E. and J. J. Rodgers
Vehicle 3
Make: Mercedes-Benz
Model: C200
Year of Manufacture: 1998
VIN No.: ADB2020206F740054
Date of Importation: January 2001
Owner: T. Kotze
Vehicle 4
Make: Ford
Model: Laser
Year of Manufacture: 1995
VIN No.: AFATCDC44TR070656
Date of Importation: December 2000
Owner: M. Dor
Vehicle 5
Make: Mercedes-Benz
Model: C220
Year of Manufacture: 1996
VIN No.: ADB2020226F348598
Date of Importation: February 2001
Owner: D. Cusens
Schedule 2
Exempted Requirements
1. Sections 2.2 (1) and 2.3 (1) (a) of the Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Standards Compliance 1998 ("the Compliance Rule") in respect of compliance with the requirements 2, 3 and 4 below.
2. Section 4.4 of the Compliance Rule; and
3. the requirements of the Transport (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1990 relating to compliance with vehicle standards; and
4. the requirements of the following Land Transport Rules relating to compliance with approved vehicle standards:
Land Transport Rule: Door Retention Systems 1997
Land Transport Rule: Interior Impact 1997
Land Transport Rule: Steering Systems 1997
Land Transport Rule: Frontal Impact 1997
Land Transport Rule: External Projections 1997
Land Transport Rule: Head Restraints 1997
Land Transport Rule: Glazing Windscreen Wipe and Wash and Mirrors 1999
Schedule 3
Conditions
(i) The vehicle must have current evidence of in service inspection to be operated on the road (i.e. be displaying a current Warrant of Fitness label).
(ii) This exemption will cease to be valid if the ownership of the vehicle is transferred within 3 years from the date the vehicle was imported into New Zealand.
(iii) A copy of this notice must be carried in the vehicle at all times and must be readily available for inspection.
Dated at Wellington this 24th day of July 2001.
SIMON CHRISTOPHER WHITELEY, Manager Safer Vehicles Policy, acting under the authority delegated to me by way of instrument of delegation dated 3 May 1999.