On behalf of the transport minister, the NZ Transport Agency is consulting on rules that apply to operator licensing, amending Land Transport Rule: Work Time and Logbooks 2007 and Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Rule 1999.
NZTA says that draft Land Transport Rule: Operator Licensing [2017], draft Work Time and Logbooks Amendment [2017], and the Driver Licensing Amendment Rule [2017] draft are now available for public comment.
For operator licensing, it is seeking to revise and modernise the rules relating to operators of transport services and, for small passenger services, to provide for new service models by reforming the rules that relate to that sector in particular:
Regarding work time and logbooks amendment [2017], it is seeking to clarify which types of small passenger service operator will be subject to work time and logbook obligations and what those obligations are.
In the case of Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule [2017], it is seeking to remove the requirement that applicants for a passenger endorsement must have sat a full Class 1 licence test in the five years preceding their application.
The public consultation (yellow) draft, which includes an informative overview, together with Questions and Answers, is available, on the NZ Transport Agency’s website at https://nzta.govt.nz/about-us/consultations/land-transport-rule-small-passenger-services-2017.
The consultation material is also available for viewing at the NZ Transport Agency’s National Office and regional offices.
It is asking that comments on the yellow draft on the online submission form provided on the NZTA’s website be returned by email to rules@nzta.govt.nz.
Submissions close at 5 pm on Friday 18 November 2016.
