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, Peter Graeme Croft, Manager, Safer Roads, give the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. This notice may be cited as the Traffic (Ashburton District) Notice 2002.
2. Those localities and roads on the plan numbered LT 0254/1, entitled "Ashburton District Speed Restrictions at Rakaia" and held by the Head Office of the Land Transport Safety Authority and indicated by markings in accordance with the legend on that Plan, are declared to be:
(a) closely populated localities at all times, pursuant to section 52 (1) (c) of the Transport Act 1962; or
(b) excluded from the limitation as to speed imposed
by section 52 (1) of the Transport Act 1962, pursuant to section 52 (2) of the Act and declared to be 70 kilometres an hour speed limit areas, pursuant to regulation 21 (2) of the Traffic Regulations 1976;
as may be ascertained from the legend.
The plan and legend are hereby incorporated into this notice.
3. The Traffic (Ashburton County) Notice No. 3, 1981,* dated 7 August 1981, is revoked.
Signed at Wellington this 25th day of February 2002.
P. G. CROFT, Manager, Safer Roads.
(RT01/3/54)
*New Zealand Gazette, 13 August 1981, No. 96, page 2247.