Pursuant to section 161(3) of the Land Transport Act 1998 (“the Act”), notification is hereby given of the making of two Rules: Land Transport Rule: Operator Licensing 2007 and Land Transport Rule: Work Time and Logbooks 2007.
These Rules come into force on 1 October 2007.
Land Transport Rule: Operator Licensing 2007 sets out
the requirements for obtaining and retaining a licence
to operate a passenger, rental, vehicle recovery or
goods service. It also contains requirements that apply
to transport service drivers (including “dial-a-driver” service drivers), hirers of rental service vehicles and approved taxi organisations.
Land Transport Rule: Work Time and Logbooks 2007 sets out how the work time hours as prescribed by the Act are to be administered in respect of the drivers of vehicles that require a Class 2, 3, 4 or 5 licence or are used in a transport service (other than a rental service), or are vehicles used to carry goods for hire or reward.
The Rules are available for inspection free of charge at the National Office of Land Transport New Zealand, 7 Waterloo Quay, Wellington, and for purchase from July 2007 at bookshops that sell legislation or direct from Wickliffe Limited, PO Box 932, Dunedin, or freephone 0800 226 440.
Rules are also available on the Land Transport New Zealand website at
www.landtransport.govt.nz/rules/
Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of July 2007.
WAYNE PATRICK DONNELLY, Director of Land Transport.