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Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Equipment 2004

Incorporated by reference

Section/standard Title Source of material Version View the material Free of charge?
ADR 28/01, External Noise of Motor Vehicles; Department of Infrastructure and Transport (Australia) Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/motor/design/adr_online.aspx Yes
AS/NZS 1425 LP Gas for fuel systems for vehicle engines. Standards Australia Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library No
AS/NZS 2739 Natural Gas (CNG) fuel systems for vehicle engines. Standards Australia Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library No
Australian Standard/New Zealand Standard 1754 Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles; Standards Australia Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library No
British Standard 3254 British Standard 3254 for adult seat belts, forward facing child safety seats and child harnesses; British Standards Institute Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library No
British Standard AU185 British Standard AU185 for booster cushions; British Standards Institute Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library No
British Standard AU202, Specification for rearward-facing restraint systems for infants, for use in road vehicles; British Standards Institute Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library No
BS 3425, Method for the Measurement of Noise Emitted by Motor Vehicles; British Standards Institute Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library No
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213 (49CFR571.213) Child Restraint Systems; Department of Transport (USA) Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html#page1 Yes
ISO 362, Measurement of Noise Emitted by Vehicles; International Standards Organisation   Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library No
Low Volume Vehicle Code. Low Volume Vehicle Code. Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association   www.lvvta.org.nz/documents.html#standards
Hard copy Available for viewing at NZTA Library
Yes
NZS 5422 The use of LPG and CNG fuels in internal combustion engines Standards New Zealand Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library No
NZS 8156:2002 Ambulance Sector Standard. Standards New Zealand   Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library No
SAE J1470, Measurement of Noise Emitted by Accelerating Highway Vehicles; Society of Automotive Engineers Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library No
TRIAS 20, Noise test procedure for motor vehicles (measurement procedure for acce leration running noise level) Japan Automobile Standards Internationalization Center (JASIC) in the Automobile Type Approval Handbook for Japanese Certification. Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library No
UN/ECE Regulation No. 44,  Uniform provisions concerning the approval of restraining devices for child occupants of power-driven vehicles (“Child Restraint System”) (E/ECE324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Add.43); United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  http://live.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29regs.html  Yes
UN/ECE Regulation 129  Uniform provisions concerning the approval of enhanced Child Restraint Systems used on board of motor vehicles (ECRS) (E/ECE324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Add.128) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of child restraint. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required. http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/main/wp29/wp29regs/2013/R129e.pdf
Yes
Technical Standard for Child Restraints (Japan). Technical Standard for Child Restraints (Japan). Japan Automobile Standards Internationalization Center (JASIC) in the Automobile Type Approval Handbook for Japanese Certification. Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library No


Abbreviations
ABG Allgemeine Bauartgenehmigung
ADR  Australian Design Rule
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AS Australian Standard
BS British Standard
EEC, EC European Economic Community, European Communities
FMVSS Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
JIS Japanese Industrial Standard
LTSA Land Transport Safety Authority of New Zealand 
MoT Ministry of Transport, New Zealand
NZS  New Zealand Standard
SABS South African Bureau Standards
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
UN/ECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNRTDG  United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods – Model Regulations