Pursuant to Regulation 29 (7) of the Traffic Regulations 1976 (“the Regulations”), and pursuant to an authority delegated to me by the Director of Land Transport (“the director”), I, John Patrick White, Manager Vehicles, Land Transport New Zealand, exempt motor vehicles of the types listed in the first column of Schedule A as follows:
1. I exempt motor vehicles of the types listed in the first column of Schedule A from the requirements of Regulation 29 (2) of the Regulations provided that:
(a) the director is satisfied that the vehicle was manufactured to a standard which enabled the vehicle when manufactured to comply with the applicable noise level in Schedule 1 of the Regulations, and has not been modified from that standard; or
(b) the vehicle’s exhaust noise, when measured according to the Low Volume Vehicle Standard 90-20 (Exhaust Noise Emissions), does not exceed the applicable noise limit for that vehicle in Schedule A.
2. I exempt motor vehicles of the types listed in the first column of Schedule A from the requirement in Regulation 29 (4) of the Regulations to comply with the levels set out in Schedule 1 of the Regulations provided that the vehicle’s exhaust
noise when measured according to Low Volume Vehicle Standard 90-20 (Exhaust Noise Emissions) does not exceed the applicable noise limit for that vehicle in Schedule A.
Schedule A: Exempted Vehicles and Noise Levels
Vehicle Type Maximum NoiseLevel dBA
Moped 91
Motorcycle having an engine capacity of 125cm3 or less 96
Motorcycle having an engine capacity of more than 125cm3 100
Motor vehicle (being a motorcar, van or light truck) having a gross vehicle weight of 3500kg or less 95
This Gazette Notice comes into force on 19 July 2006.
This Gazette Notice expires on the date when it is superseded by the coming into force of any amendment to Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Equipment 2004 requiring the measurement of exhaust noise for entry and in-service inspection and certification of motor vehicles.
Dated at Wellington this 29th day of June 2006.
JOHN PATRICK WHITE, Manager Vehicles, Land Transport New Zealand (acting under delegated authority from the director).