Land Transport Rule

Light-vehicle Brakes Amendment (No 2) 2014

Rule 32014/5

Note: This Rule should be read in conjunction with Land Transport Rule: Light-vehicle Brakes 2002.

Wellington, New Zealand

PURSUANT to sections 152 and 155(b) of the Land Transport Act 1998, and after having had regard to the criteria specified in section 164(2) of that Act.

I, Michael Woodhouse, Associate Minister of Transport, make the following ordinary Rule:

Land Transport Rule: Light-vehicle Brakes Amendment (No 2) 2014

SIGNED AT Wellington

This               day of               2014



Contents

Objective of the Rule

Extent of consultation

Section 1     Application

Section 2     Amendments to Rule requirements


Objective of the Rule

Land Transport Rule: Light-vehicle Brakes Amendment (No 2) 2014 (the amendment Rule) amends Land Transport Rule: Light-vehicle Brakes 2002 (the Light-vehicle Brakes Rule). The Light-vehicle Brakes Rule sets out the types of brakes that must be fitted in most types of light vehicle, and the requirements for those brakes.

The objective of the amendment Rule is to make changes to the Light-vehicle Brakes Rule to:

Extent of consultation

For the purposes of consultation, amendments proposed to the Light-vehicle Brakes Rule and ten other Land Transport Rules were combined into a single Rule, Land Transport Rule: Omnibus Amendment 2014 (the Omnibus Amendment Rule). Following consultation, the provisions in the Omnibus Amendment Rule were split into eleven separate amendment Rules, including this Rule.

The NZ Transport Agency sent details of the amendment proposals by letter or email to approximately 2,400 groups and individuals who had registered an interest in the Rules to be amended. The Omnibus Amendment Rule was made available through the NZ Transport Agency’s Contact Centre and, together with Questions and Answers, was also made available on the NZ Transport Agency’s website. The availability of the amendment proposals for comment was publicised in the daily newspapers in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin and in the New Zealand Gazette.

The NZ Transport Agency received 25 submissions on the Omnibus Amendment Rule, of which 7 commented on the proposed amendments to the Light-vehicle Brakes Rule. The submissions received were taken into account in finalising this amendment Rule following which it was submitted to the Associate Minister of Transport for signing.


Section 1     Application

1.1     Title

This Rule is Land Transport Rule: Light-vehicle Brakes Amendment (No 2) 2014.

1.2    Commencement

This Rule comes into force on 1 November 2014.

1.3     Principal rule amended

This Rule amends Land Transport Rule: Light-vehicle Brakes 2002.



Section 2     Amendments to Rule requirements

2.1    Brakes on light trailers

2.1(1)    Replace clause 2.4(1A) with:

2.1(2)    Replace clause 2.4(9) with:

Land Transport Rule - Light-vehicle Brakes Amendment (No 2) 2014 - Rule 32014/5
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