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 (Taupo District) Notice No. 2, 2003.
2. Those localities and roads within markings identified in the legend of and appearing on the plan numbered LT0316/1, entitled "Taupo District Roading Speed Restrictions at Taupo Township", and held by the Head Office of the Land Transport Safety Authority, are declared to be:
(a) closely populated localities at all times, pursuant to section 52 (1) 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 that Act, and declared to be
70 kilometres an hour speed limit areas, pursuant to Regulation 21 (2) of the Traffic Regulations 1976; or
(c) 70 kilometres an hour speed limit areas, pursuant to Regulation 21 (2) of the Traffic Regulations 1976; or
(d) excluded from the limitation as to speed imposed by section 52 (1) of the Transport Act 1962, pursuant to section 52 (2) of that Act, and declared to be a closely populated locality for the purposes of section 52 of the Transport Act 1962 during the period commencing 20 December in each year and ending with 10 February in the next ensuing year, and from the Thursday preceding Easter to the Tuesday following Easter, but for the remainder of each year the area is declared to be a 70 kilometres an hour speed limit area, 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 following notice is revoked:
The Traffic (Taupo District) Notice 2001*
Signed at Wellington this 10th day of November 2003.
P. G. CROFT, Manager, Safer Roads.
*New Zealand Gazette, 26 April 2001, No. 43, page 958