Pursuant to Regulation 90 (2) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, and pursuant to the powers delegated to me by the Director of Land Transport Safety Authority, I, Brent Blann, Technical Manager, hereby exempt the heavy motor vehicles specified in Schedule 1 of this notice from the requirements in Schedule 2, subject to the conditions in Schedule 3.
Schedule 1
All heavy goods service vehicles.
Schedule 2
The requirement from which the class of vehicle in Schedule 1 is exempted:
Regulation 62 (5) of the Traffic Regulations 1976:
"Rear reflectors on heavy goods vehicles to measure 65mm in diameter".
Schedule 3
Conditions
(i) The vehicle must be fitted with two red rear reflectors, each with a lens area of not less than 30cm?.
(ii) The reflectors must comply with a relevant standard listed in the Second Schedule of the Transport (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1990.
(iii) The reflectors are fitted so that they are displayed in a position within 150mm of the rear extremity of the vehicle, and so that one of the reflectors is displayed within 150mm of the extremity of the left side of the vehicle and the other reflector within 150mm of the right side of the vehicle.
(iv) The reflector shall not have a dimension of less than 30mm in either the vertical or the horizontal axis.
(v) This notice will be revoked when the Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Lighting comes into force.
Signed at Wellington this 22nd day of November 2002.
BRENT BLANN, Technical Manager, Vehicle Certification Unit, Land Transport Safety Authority.