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Land Transport Rule: Steering Systems 2001

Incorporated by reference

Section/standard Title Source of material Version View the material Free of charge?
(Y/N)
Australian Design Rule 10, Steering Column; Department of Infrastructure and Transport (Australia) Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/motor/design/adr_online.aspx Yes
Council Directive 74/297/EEC Council Directive 74/297/EEC of 4 June 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the interior fittings of motor vehicles (the behaviour of the steering mechanism in the event of an impact)  European Commission (EU) Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/RECH_naturel.do
or
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/RECH_consolidated.do
for consolidated text.
Yes
Council Directive 70/311/EEC Council Directive 70/311/EEC of 8 June 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the steering equipment for motor vehicles and their trailers European Commission (EU) Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/RECH_naturel.do
or
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/RECH_consolidated.do
for consolidated text.
Yes
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 203 (49CFR571.203) Impact Protection for the Driver from the Steering Control System - Passenger Cars; Department of Transport (USA) Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html#page1 Yes
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 204 (49CFR571.204) Steering Control Rearward Displacement - Passenger Cars, Multipurpose Passenger Vehicles, Trucks and Buses; Department of Transport (USA) Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html#page1 Yes
section 93 Land Transport Management Act 2003     Available online through Brookers Yes
UN/ECE Regulation No. 12 Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the protection of the driver against the steering mechanism in the event of impact (E/ECE324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Add.11) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  http://live.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29regs.html  Yes
UN/ECE Regulation No. 79 Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to steering equipment (E/ECF324-F/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev./Add.78) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  http://live.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29regs.html  Yes
Low Volume Vehicle Code Low Volume Vehicle Code Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association   www.lvvta.org.nz/documents.html#standards
Hard copy Available for viewing at NZTA Library
Yes
Technical Standard for Steering System Impact (Japan). Technical Standard for Steering System Impact (Japan). Japan Automobile Standards Internationalization Center (JASIC) in the Automobile Type Approval Handbook for Japanese Certification. Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library No


Abbreviations
ABG Allgemeine Bauartgenehmigung
ADR  Australian Design Rule
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AS Australian Standard
BS British Standard
EEC, EC European Economic Community, European Communities
FMVSS Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
JIS Japanese Industrial Standard
LTSA Land Transport Safety Authority of New Zealand 
MoT Ministry of Transport, New Zealand
NZS  New Zealand Standard
SABS South African Bureau Standards
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
UN/ECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNRTDG  United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods – Model Regulations