Pursuant to Regulation 90 (1) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, and pursuant to the powers delegated to me by the Director of Land Transport Safety, I, Laszlo Andras Hidvegi, Senior Engineer Safer Vehicles Policy, hereby exempt the vehicles specified in Schedule 1 of this notice from the requirements in Schedule 2, subject to the condition in Schedule 3, until the time specified in Schedule 4.
Schedule 1
All tractors and agricultural machines, and all trailers designed exclusively for agricultural purposes.
Schedule 2
Regulations 59 (3) (b), 60 (2) (c), 61 (2) (b) and 63 (2) (c) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, requiring forward facing side lamps, rearward facing side lamps, stop lamps and direction indicator lamps to comply with specified visibility angle requirements.
Schedule 3
The forward facing side lamps, rearward facing side lamps, stop lamps and direction indicator lamps must be fitted in accordance with the visibility requirements contained in the UN/ECE Regulation No. 86, Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Agricultural or Forestry Tractors with Regard to the Installation of Lighting and Light-Signalling Devices (E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505 Rev. 1/Add.85).
Schedule 4
This exemption will lapse on the day when Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Lighting [Rule 32005] comes into force.
Dated at Wellington this 4th day of July 2003.
LASZLO ANDRAS HIDVEGI, Senior Engineer Safer Vehicles Policy.