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Schedule 1 | Reg 3 |
Any motor vehicle while being used on a road that is closed to ordinary vehicular traffic under regulations made pursuant to section 77(1)(u) of the Transport Act 1962 or under regulations or rules made under the Land Transport Act 1998.
Part 1 of Schedule 1 was amended, as from 3 May 1999, by regulation 3 Transport (Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Amendment Regulations 1999 (SR 1999/88) by inserting in paragraph 1, after the expression “Transport Act 1962”
, the words “or under regulations or rules made under the Land Transport Act 1998”
, and by omitting from paragraph 3 the words “within the meaning of the Transport Act 1962”
.
Any vehicle normally propelled by mechanical power while it is being temporarily towed without the use of its own power.
Any trailer designed exclusively for agricultural operations and used on a road only when proceeding to or from a farm or when being inspected, serviced, or repaired.
In this clause, the term agricultural operations means operations concerned directly with the management of a farm; and includes the transport on a road of the produce of a farm, farm implements, stock, or other requisites of any kind whatsoever for a farm where, and only where, they are transported from one part of a farm to another part of the same farm or from one farm to another adjoining farm which is owned or managed by the same person. For the purposes of this definition two farms shall be deemed to be adjoining if they are contiguous or are contiguous except for a separation by a river, stream, drain, canal, or other watercourse, or by a road, motorway, or railway.
Part 1 of Schedule 1 was amended, as from 3 May 1999, by regulation 3 Transport (Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Amendment Regulations 1999 (SR 1999/88) by inserting in paragraph 1, after the expression “Transport Act 1962”
, the words “or under regulations or rules made under the Land Transport Act 1998”
, and by omitting from paragraph 3 the words “within the meaning of the Transport Act 1962”
.
Any trailer that is attached to or being drawn by any vehicle that is an exempted vehicle for the purposes of the provisions of the Government Roading Powers Act 1989 relating to the refund of excise duty and goods and services tax on motor spirits.
Schedule 1 Part 1 clause 4: amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(2) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
Any motor vehicle that is registered in a State that is a party to the Convention on Road Traffic signed at Geneva on the 19th day of September 1949 or a State that is a party to the Convention on Road Traffic signed at Geneva on the 8th day of November 1968, while the vehicle remains in the ownership of the person who brought it into New Zealand, and—
(a) The owner of the vehicle holds a current driving permit recognised as if it were a driver's licence issued in New Zealand; and
(b) The vehicle remains registered in that State and evidence of that registration is carried on the vehicle; and
(c) There is displayed on the back of the vehicle a registration number allocated to it by that State or a competent authority of that State, and an appropriate distinguishing sign indicating the place of registration of the motor vehicle; and
(d) The vehicle has been in New Zealand for less than 18 months.
So long as they are used on a road only between a dealer's place of business and the location of an event,—
(a) a new agricultural vehicle; and
(b) a new boat trailer and associated new boat; and
(c) a new heavy motor vehicle; and
(d) a new caravan.
Part 1 clause 6 was inserted, as from 15 December 2006, by regulation 8 Transport (Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Amendment Regulations 2006 (SR 2006/380).
Any motor vehicle while being used on any road that is not a public highway.
Any motor vehicle that is used on a road that is a public highway only in connection with the inspection, servicing, or repair of the vehicle or for the purpose of allowing any person to sit a practical driving test in that vehicle.
Any pedestrian-controlled goods service vehicle.
Any motor vehicle propelled and supported solely by self-laying tracks.
Any motor vehicle used on roads only in road construction zones in accordance with notices declaring such zones.
Any motor vehicle that is used on a road only in crossing or proceeding along a section of the road where it has been authorised to operate by the controlling authority of the road by an authorisation that requires—
(a) A written agreement by the operator of the vehicle, or the person for whom the vehicle is being operated, to construct, reconstruct, maintain, or restore to the satisfaction of the controlling authority all or part of the road used by the vehicle; and
(b) The erection and maintenance of warning devices, signs, or control devices as required by the controlling authority and the New Zealand Transport Agency; and
(c) Where the use of the road does not consist solely of the direct crossing of the road, the prior approval of the New Zealand Transport Agency.
Schedule 1 Part 2 clause 6(b): amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(2) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
Schedule 1 Part 2 clause 6(c): amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(2) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
Any all terrain vehicle (within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Transport (Drivers Licensing) Regulations 1987) that is used on a road that is a public highway—
(a) In moving from the owner's place of residence to a road that is not a public highway, where the distance travelled does not exceed 3 kilometres; or
(b) In connection with the inspection, servicing, or repair of the vehicle.
The vehicles described in this clause may be referred to as Class EA vehicles for the purposes of registration and licensing under the Act.