Submission on Draft Land Transport Rule, Agricultural Vehicles ...
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1. INTRODUCTION<br />
1.1 Federated Farmers welcomes the opportunity to submit to the New Zealand<br />
<strong>Transport</strong> Agency (NZTA) <strong>on</strong> the <strong>Draft</strong> <strong>Land</strong> <strong>Transport</strong> <strong>Rule</strong>, <strong>Agricultural</strong> <strong>Vehicles</strong><br />
Omnibus 2012, <strong>Rule</strong> 10050.<br />
1.2 The Federati<strong>on</strong> is very supportive of the <strong>Agricultural</strong> <strong>Vehicles</strong> Review and we first<br />
submitted <strong>on</strong> the review in May of this year. The recommendati<strong>on</strong>s in this<br />
submissi<strong>on</strong> reflect what we initially asked for.<br />
1.3 The agricultural sector is heavily impacted by transport regulati<strong>on</strong> and we agree with<br />
the comment in the draft rules overview that it is vital land transport legislati<strong>on</strong> is fit<br />
for purpose and does not impose undue compliance costs. We str<strong>on</strong>gly support the<br />
‘two-tier’ approach with 40kph speed threshold adopted by the Government and<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tained in the draft <strong>Rule</strong>. We believe it appropriately balances the reducti<strong>on</strong> of<br />
compliance costs with the need to protect road safety.<br />
1.4 We commend the Ministry of <strong>Transport</strong>, the NZTA and the review team for all the<br />
hard work they have put into this review and for their c<strong>on</strong>structive engagement with<br />
Federated Farmers and other interested parties.<br />
1.5 The Federati<strong>on</strong> would like to remain involved in any further discussi<strong>on</strong>s around the<br />
development of the final changes to the <strong>Land</strong> <strong>Transport</strong> <strong>Rule</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> <strong>Vehicles</strong><br />
Omnibus 2012.<br />
1.6 Following a summary of recommendati<strong>on</strong>s, this submissi<strong>on</strong> comments <strong>on</strong> the<br />
proposals listed in the draft omnibus rule overview.<br />
Secti<strong>on</strong> 2 discusses the scope and definiti<strong>on</strong> of ‘agricultural<br />
vehicles’;<br />
Secti<strong>on</strong> 3 discusses driver licensing and worktime;<br />
Secti<strong>on</strong> 4 discusses heavy vehicles;<br />
Secti<strong>on</strong> 5 discusses over dimensi<strong>on</strong> vehicles;<br />
Secti<strong>on</strong> 6 discusses road user and vehicle lighting amendments;<br />
Secti<strong>on</strong> 7 discusses vehicle inspecti<strong>on</strong> requirements;<br />
1.7 SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS<br />
1.8 Overall Federated Farmers is very supportive of the majority of the proposed<br />
changes to the <strong>Land</strong> <strong>Transport</strong> <strong>Rule</strong>s and we believe it will appropriately balance the<br />
need to reduce compliance costs <strong>on</strong> the agricultural sector with the need to protect<br />
road safety.<br />
1.9 While supporting the vast majority of changes set out in the draft Omnibus <strong>Rule</strong>,<br />
Federated Farmers suggests the following amendments be made to the final<br />
Omnibus <strong>Rule</strong>:<br />
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