This rule sets out how the limits to the work time hours for a driver of a vehicle that requires a class 2, 3, 4, or 5 licence, or is used in a transport service (other than a rental service), or carries goods for hire or reward, are to be administered.
Note: Both of these pages will also provide links to the consultation material – such as summary of submissions and FAQs (questions and answers) – for each version and amendment.
Questions and answers are provided to accompany a new rule or amendment when they are signed. These and other consultation documents on this page have not been updated to take into account any later rule amendments and are retained for historic interest only.
The Minister of Transport has signed into law the following amendment Rules:
These amendment Rules were consulted on as part of the draft Land Transport Rule: Omnibus Amendment 2010 (the draft Omnibus Amendment Rule).
Following consultation, the provisions in the draft Omnibus Amendment Rule were split into six separate amendment Rules.
The amendment Rules make relatively minor changes to existing Land Transport Rules. These changes:
The changes set out below have been made in the amendment Rules.
Heavy Vehicles Amendment
The amendment Rule:
Operator Licensing Amendment
The objective of this Rule is to improve the ability of the Courts to collect owner-liability infringement fines incurred by the hirers of rental vehicles. To this end, the amendment Rule adds to the list of identification details that must be recorded when a person takes possession of a vehicle under a rental service agreement.
Vehicle Dimensions and Mass Amendment
The amendment Rule:
Vehicle Equipment Amendment
The amendment Rule:
Vehicle Standards Compliance Amendment
The amendment Rule:
Work Time and Logbooks Amendment
The objective of the amendment is to enable enforcement staff to be able to properly check that a driver, who is changing from driving that is exempt from logbook use to driving subject to logbook use, has complied with work-time limits, in particular, the required minimum 10-hour rest break before starting work. This reduces fatigue and, in doing so, promotes the safety of drivers and of other road users.
All the amendment Rules come into force on 1 April 2011.
Yes. On 29 November 2010, the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) advised about 1800 groups and individuals registered on the Rules consultation database, by letter or email, of the proposed changes and invited them to make submissions. Printed copies of the draft Omnibus Amendment Rule and a summary of the proposed changes were made available on request. The draft Omnibus Amendment Rule and information material were also available on the NZTA's website.
Public notices seeking submissions were published in the daily newspapers in the major centres (Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin) and in the New Zealand Gazette. The NZTA received 26 submissions on the draft Omnibus Amendment Rule. The submissions were taken into account in preparing the draft amendment Rules for signing.
The Land Transport Act 1998 allows the Minister of Transport to make Land Transport Rules. Rules are drafted in plain English and go through an extensive consultation process with interested groups and the public. This is to ensure that they are easily understood and are widely complied with. Rules are usually prepared by the NZTA under contract to the Ministry of Transport and, like regulations, have the force of law.
Final rules are available on our website. Printed copies of Land Transport Rules can be purchased from selected bookshops throughout New Zealand that sell legislation. Most Rules can also be purchased from the Rule printers and distributors, Wickliffe Ltd, PO Box 932 Dunedin or by telephoning (06) 358 8231. Rules may also be inspected at regional offices of the NZTA.
A newsletter outlining the Rule changes will be sent to groups and individuals who registered their interest in each of the Rules that have been amended.
The NZTA will update relevant Factsheets or other information material available on its website to reflect the changes brought about by the amendment Rules.
You can call the NZTA Contact Centre on 0800 699 000 if you require more information about amendment Rules.
Page created: 22 February 2011