Pursuant to Regulation 6 of the Transport (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1990, and pursuant to powers delegated to me by the Director of Land Transport Safety, I, John Andrew Justice, Principal Engineer, Safer Vehicles Policy, hereby prescribe the Australian Code of Practice VSB-5A: Commercial Manufacture and Installation of Additional Seats with respect to Categories 2 and 3, as an alternative standard for the manufacture and installation of child seats and their anchorages for the purpose of Regulations 29, 30, 31 and items 18, 19 and 20 of the Second Schedule of the Transport (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1990, provided that:
(a) any seat and anchorage installed under the provisions of this notice contains all seatbelt anchorages within the seat structure; and
(b) the Director of Land Transport Safety has approved the submission of evidence required by VSB-5A with respect to the design of the seat and anchorages installed by Auckland Auto Trimmers or their agents; and
(c) a record of each seat installation is kept by Auckland Auto Trimmers.
This notice shall be revoked when the Low Volume Vehicle Type Approval scheme is introduced.
Signed at Wellington this 7th day of August 2001.
JOHN ANDREW JUSTICE, Principal Engineer, Land Transport Safety Authority, acting under the authority delegated to me by way of instrument of delegation dated
15 October 1999.