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Land Transport Rule: Regulatory Systems Rule Amendment (RSRA) 2025

The Minister of Transport is proposing changes to the Land Transport Rule: Regulatory Systems Rule Amendment (RSRA) 2025 and we’d like to know what you think about them.

The proposed changes will amend the following Land Transport Rules:

  • Glazing Windscreen Wipe and Wash and Mirrors 1999
  • Heavy Vehicles Brakes 2006
  • Heavy Vehicles 2004
  • Light-Vehicle Brakes 2002
  • Vehicle Dimensions and Mass 2016
  • Vehicle Standards Compliance 2002
  • Steering Systems 2001
  • Driver Licensing 1999
  • Traffic Control Devices 2004

What we’re seeking feedback on 

We are consulting on 41 minor Rule changes which are presented in two parts in the discussion document. 

Part A sets out small and discrete Rule changes and explains the reason why each change is being proposed. Part B sets out proposed new and amended specifications for Traffic Control Devices (TCD).

The key documents for this consultation are the discussion document that sets out the proposed changes and explains why each is proposed, and the draft Amendment Rule:

Land Transport Rule: Regulatory Systems Rule Amendment (RSRA) 2025 - Discussion document [PDF, 967 KB]

Draft Rule for consultation [PDF, 1.5 MB]

Have your say

Refer to the discussion document for the information you need to make a submission.

You can complete the survey or email your submission to us.

Survey link(external link)

The consultation closes 5pm Tuesday 3 June 2025.

If you have a question about this consultation, or you’d like to email your submission and any attachments, send it to rules@nzta.govt.nz 

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About the information you share with us 

The information you share with us in the online form will be used by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) to help inform our consultation about the Land Transport Rule: Regulatory Systems Rule Amendment (RSRA) 2025. NZTA may publish in part or in full the information you submit, for example in a consultation report, but we won’t include any information that could be used to identify an individual person. If you indicate you’re an authorised representative of an organisation, we may publish your organisation’s name. Please clearly indicate if your comments contain commercially sensitive information or, if for some other reason, they shouldn’t be disclosed. 

If you'd like to request official information from us, please don't include that in your submission. Instead, please send a separate request to official.correspondence@nzta.govt.nz

You can find more about how we hold and protect your information, and our obligations under the Official Information Act 1982, on our website. 

Consultation - Privacy and Official Information requests(external link)

 

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