NZS 5446:1987
Code of practice for heavy motor vehicle towing connections: drawbar trailers
Establishes design, manufacture, maintenance and certification considerations necessary to ensure that couplings and associated mechanisms are of adequate strength to comply with the requirements of Regulations 70(5) and 83(b) of the Traffic Regulations 1976. Reprinted to append Amendment 1:1991.
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Land Transport Rule 31002: Heavy Vehicles 2004
Ministry: NZ Transport Agency
Section: 4.4(2)
Citation context:A drawbeam fitted to a vehicle that, before 1 February 1989, was certified for compliance with the Recommended Practice for Towing Connections of the New Zealand Truck Trailer Manufacturers' Federation in Schedule 3 must, by the date of issue of the first certificate of fitness issued on or after 1 April 2006: (a) comply with New Zealand Standard 5446: 1987, Code of Practice for Heavy Motor Vehicle Towing Connections: Drawbar Trailers; or (b) be replaced with a drawbeam that complies with New Zealand Standard 5446: 1987, Code of Practice for Heavy Motor Vehicle Towing Connections: Drawbar Trailers.
Land Transport Rule 31002: Heavy Vehicles 2004
Ministry: NZ Transport Agency
Section: 4.4(4)
Citation context:4.4(4) A towbar fitted to a vehicle before 1 April 2006 must comply with: (a) New Zealand Standard 5467: 1993, Code of Practice for Light Trailers; or (b) New Zealand Standard 5446: 1987, Code of Practice for Heavy Motor Vehicle Towing Connections: Drawbar Trailers; or (c) New Zealand Standard 5446: 1987, Code of Practice for Heavy Motor Vehicle Towing Connections: Drawbar Trailers amended by Appendix A to Policy Statement 5 for towbars rated for a maximum towed mass of 2000 kg or less.
Land Transport Rule 31002: Heavy Vehicles 2004
Ministry: NZ Transport Agency
Section: 4.5(2)
Citation context:4.5(2) A drawbar fitted to a vehicle that, before 1 February 1989, was certified for compliance with the Recommended Practice for Towing Connections of the New Zealand Truck Trailer Manufacturers' Federation in Schedule 3 must, by the date of issue of the first certificate of fitness issued on or after 1 April 2006: (a) comply with New Zealand Standard 5446: 1987, Code of Practice for Heavy Motor Vehicle Towing Connections: Drawbar Trailers; or (b) be replaced with a drawbar that complies with New Zealand Standard 5446: 1987, Code of Practice for Heavy Motor Vehicle Towing Connections: Drawbar Trailers.
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