Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Amendment Regulations 2007

2007/6

Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Amendment Regulations 2007

Note

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Transport.

  • Preamble

    At Wellington this 23rd day of January 2007

Pursuant to section 167 of the Land Transport Act 1998, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

1 Title

  • These regulations are the Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Amendment Regulations 2007.

2 Commencement

  • These regulations come into force on 1 March 2007.

3 Principal regulations amended
4 Schedule 1 amended

  • (1) Schedule 1 is amended by inserting the heading and items set out in Part 1 of the Schedule above the heading “Interior Impact 2001 (32002/1):”.

    (2) Schedule 1 is amended by inserting the item set out in Part 2 of the Schedule after item 13.4 under the heading “Traffic Control Devices 2004 (54002):”.

Schedule
Amendments to Schedule 1

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1
Heading and items inserted above heading “Interior Impact 2001 (32002/1):”

ProvisionBrief descriptionMaximum penalty on summary conviction for individual ($)Maximum penalty on summary conviction for body corporate ($)Infringement fee for individual ($)Infringement fee for body corporate ($)
Heavy-vehicle Brakes 2006 (32015):  
10.1Responsibilities of operators500500150150
10.2Responsibilities of repairers500500370370
10.3Responsibilities of modifiers500500370370
10.4Responsibilities of inspectors and inspecting organisations500500370370
10.5Responsibilities of manufacturers and retailers500500370370

2
Item inserted after item 13.4 under heading “Traffic Control Devices 2004 (54002):”

ProvisionBrief descriptionMaximum penalty on summary conviction for individual ($)Maximum penalty on summary conviction for body corporate ($)Infringement fee for individual ($)Infringement fee for body corporate
13.6AResponsibilities of school bus operators500500150150

Rebecca Kitteridge,

for Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 1 March 2007, amend the Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999. The amendments set out the penalties for certain offences under the Land Transport Rule: Heavy-vehicle Brakes 2006 (32015) and a new offence under the Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 (54002).

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 25 January 2007.