Land Transport Rule

Passenger Service Vehicles Amendment 2010

Rule 31001/5

Note: This Rule should be read in conjunction with the consolidated version of Land Transport Rule: Passenger Service Vehicles 1999, which includes previous Rule amendments.

Contents

Objective of the Rule

Extent of consultation

Section 1     Application

Section 2     Amendments relating to passenger service vehicles

Section 3     Amendments to Schedule


Objective of the Rule

Land Transport Rule: Passenger Service Vehicles Amendment 2010 amends Land Transport Rule: Passenger Service Vehicles 1999 (the Rule), which specifies the requirements for the design and construction of passenger service vehicles in New Zealand.

The objective is to amend the Rule to provide alternative standards to UN/ECE Regulations Nos 36 and 52 to enable imported new vehicles to be certified for compliance with the technical requirements in the Rule. The proposed amendment is necessary because Regulations Nos 36 and 52 have been cancelled by the UN and alternative standards have not yet been legally adopted by New Zealand.


Extent of consultation

For the purposes of consultation, amendments proposed to Land Transport Rule: Passenger Service Vehicles 1999 and eight other Land Transport Rules were combined into a single draft Rule, Land Transport Rule: Omnibus Amendment 2009 (the Omnibus Amendment Rule).

On 13 November 2009, the NZ Transport Agency sent details of the amendment proposals by letter or email to about 1800 groups and individuals who had registered an interest in the Rules to be amended. The draft Omnibus Amendment Rule was made available through the NZ Transport Agency's Contact Centre and, together with Questions and Answers, was also available on the NZ Transport Agency website. The availability of the draft for comment was publicised in the metropolitan daily newspapers in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, selected regional daily newspapers and in the New Zealand Gazette.

The NZ Transport Agency received 257 submissions on the draft Omnibus Amendment Rule, of which eight commented on the proposed requirements in this amendment Rule.

Following consultation, the provisions in the draft Omnibus Amendment Rule were split into nine separate amendment Rules, including this Rule. The submissions that were received were taken into account in drafting this amendment Rule before it was submitted to the Minister of Transport for signing.


Section 1     Application

1.1     Title

1.1(1)     This Rule is Land Transport Rule: Passenger Service Vehicles Amendment 2010.

1.1(2)     This Rule amends Land Transport Rule: Passenger Service Vehicles 1999.

1.1     Date when Rule comes into force

This Rule comes into force on 1 April 2010.


Section 2     Amendments relating to passenger service vehicles

2.1     Scope of the Rule

Subclause 1.2(2) is amended by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph 1.2(2)(c):

2.2     Entry and exit steps and ramps

2.2(1)     Subclause 2.3(4) is amended by inserting “or UN/ECE Regulation No. 107 or Directive 2001/85/EC” after “UN/ECE Regulation No. 52”.

2.2(2)     Subclause 2.4(5)(d) is amended by inserting “or UN/ECE Regulation No. 107 or Directive 2001/85/EC” after “UN/ECE Regulation No. 36”.


Section 3     Amendments to Schedule

3.1     Amendments to Schedule

The Schedule in Part 3 is amended by inserting the following items after item 14:

Land Transport Rule: Passenger Service Vehicles Amendment 2010 - Rule 31001/5
NZ Transport Agency, Waka Kotahi