Exemption From Specified Requirements of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974 Pursuant to regulation 16a (2) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974 and under the authority sub-delegated to me by the Director of Land Transport Safety, I, John Andrew Justice, Senior Engineer, hereby exempt the motor vehicles specified in Schedule 1 of this notice from regulation 16a (1) (c) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974 subject to the conditions specified in Schedule 2 of this notice. Schedule 1 Vehicle Details Description: JCB Fastrac Models 1115, 1135, 135, 155 and 185 Schedule 2 Definition and Conditions 1. Definition: Certification means to state in writing, having determined with certainty, that the components being certified have been designed and constructed to safely fulfil all their operational requirements. 2. Towing Connection Conditions: (a) The drawbeams of Schedule 1 vehicles and the drawbars and towing attachments of trailers or trailed agricultural machines towed by Schedule 1 vehicles must be certified, and; (b) (i) Where no published manufacturers' rating for a Schedule 1 vehicle or a trailer or trailed agricultural machine exists, its drawbeam or drawbar rating must be certified by a certifying engineer approved by the Land Transport Safety Authority or; (ii) Where published manufacturers' ratings exist, the towing connections of Schedule 1 vehicles may be certified by JCB Landpower Limited. (iii) Where published manufacturers' ratings exist, the towing connections of trailers or trailed agricultural machines may be certified by a member of the Tractor and Machinery Association Incorporated of New Zealand. (c) Safety chains between the towed and towing vehicles fulfilling all the requirements of Australian Design Rule 62/00 Determination 2 of 1995 are fitted. 3. Operating Speed Conditions: (a) The maximum permissible speed of Schedule 1 vehicles is restricted to 30 km/h when towing any trailer or trailed agricultural machine, except as provided in clauses 3 (b), (c) and (d) of this Schedule. (b) Where the trailer or trailed agricultural machine has been modified and is certified by a certifying engineer approved by the Land Transport Safety Authority. (c) (i) Where the manufacturer of any trailer or trailed agricultural machine, being a member of the Tractor and Machinery Association Incorporated of New Zealand, has certified that the trailer or trailed agricultural machine may be towed safely in its fully laden condition at the maximum speed capability of the Schedule 1 vehicle towing it, and; (ii) Where the trailer or trailed agricultural machine has not been modified subsequent to being issued with the certification required by clause 3(b)(i), above. (d) Where all certification details are carried by the Schedule 1 vehicle at all times when towing a trailer or trailed agricultural machine which has been certified. 4. The certified vehicles must be maintained in accordance with the vehicle manufacturers' recommendations and continue to meet all the certification requirements. 5. The Land Transport Safety Authority's Policy Statement 5 is not applicable to Schedule 1 vehicles or the trailers or trailed agricultural machines they may tow. 6. This notice expires on December 31 1997. Signed at Wellington this 10th day of December 1996. J. A. JUSTICE, acting under authority sub-delegated to me pursuant to S28 of the Land Transport Act by the Director of Land Transport Safety by way of an instrument of delegation dated 16 October 1995.