Land Transport Rule

Heavy Vehicles Amendment 2005

Rule 31002/1

Note: This Rule should be read in conjunction with the consolidated version of Land Transport Rule: Heavy Vehicles 2004, which includes previous Rule amendments.

Contents

Objective of the Rule

Extent of consultation

Section 1     Application

Section 2     Amendments to definitions

Objective of the Rule

Land Transport Rule: Heavy Vehicles Amendment 2005 amends Land Transport Rule: Heavy Vehicles 2004, which set out requirements and standards for heavy vehicle safety.

The objective of this Rule is to amend the definitions of 'tri-axle set' and 'quad axle set' as a consequence of amendments to these definitions made in Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Dimensions and Mass Amendment 2005. The requirement that tyres be of the same size and that they load-share has been removed from the definitions, as well as the requirement that tandem axle sets load-share.

The purpose of these amendments is to clarify the applicable mass limits for axle sets on heavy vehicles (ie, vehicles with a gross vehicle mass of more than 3500 kilograms).

 

Extent of consultation

For the purposes of consultation, a number of amendments proposed to Land Transport Rule: Heavy Vehicles 2004 and 12 other Land Transport Rules were combined into a single draft Rule, Land Transport Rule: Omnibus Amendment 2005 (the Omnibus Amendment Rule). The changes proposed were intended mainly to convert remaining provisions in the Traffic Regulations 1976 to Rules, to update vehicle standards, to delete redundant provisions and clarify provisions and to correct some errors in Rules.

On 1 April 2005, Land Transport New Zealand (Land Transport NZ) sent a letter containing the Rule amendment proposals to about 2200 groups and individuals who had registered an interest in the Rules to be amended, and sought submissions on the proposed changes. The draft Omnibus Amendment Rule was made available through the Land Transport NZ Help Desk and was available together with Questions and Answers on the Land Transport NZ website. The availability of the draft was publicised in five metropolitan daily newspapers, Te Karere National News and the New Zealand Gazette. Land Transport NZ received 33 submissions on the draft Omnibus Amendment Rule, of which nine commented on the proposed changes to the definitions of axle sets.

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

 

Section 1     Application

1.1     Title

1.1(1)     This Rule is Land Transport Rule: Heavy Vehicles Amendment 2005.

1.1(2)     In this Rule, Land Transport Rule: Heavy Vehicles 2004 is called 'the principal Rule'.

 

1.2     Date when Rule comes into force

This Rule comes into force on 15 September 2005.

 

Section 2     Amendments to definitions

2.1     Substitution of definitions

2.1(1)     Part 2 of the principal Rule is amended by revoking the definition of quad-axle set, and substituting the following definition:

"Quad-axle set means a set of four axles, where:

2.1(2)     Part 2 of the principal Rule is amended by revoking the definition of tri-axle set, and substituting the following definition:

"Tri-axle set means a set of three axles, where:

 

2.2     Amendment to existing definition

Part 2 of the principal Rule is amended by omitting from the definition of tandem axle set the words "a load-sharing axle set", and substituting the words "an axle set".

 

Land Transport Rule - Heavy Vehicles Amendment 2005 - Rule 31002/1
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