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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC (DRIVER LICENSING AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2010 (S.R. 2010, NO. 37) - REG 46

Requirements for motor vehicles used in driving instruction

(1)  For the purposes of section 14(4) of the Act, the requirements are as follows –
(a) there must be a certificate of roadworthiness in force in relation to the vehicle;
(b) the vehicle must be fitted with dual controls in such a way that the controls are not likely to be operated accidentally by a person seated in the same general transverse plane as the driver of the vehicle.
(2)  Subregulation (1) does not apply if the vehicle is provided by the person under instruction.
(3)  Subregulation (1)(b) does not apply if –
(a) the GVM of the vehicle exceeds 4.5 tonnes; or
(b) the vehicle has seating for more than 12 adults (including the driver).
(4)  A certificate of roadworthiness –
(a) is a certificate issued by the Registrar, or a person approved by the Registrar, certifying that a motor vehicle is roadworthy and fit to be used for providing driving instruction; and
(b) is to be issued, in a form approved by the Registrar, for a term of 12 months; and
(c) may be cancelled by the Registrar, by written notice given to the registered operator of the motor vehicle, if the Registrar has reason to believe that the vehicle is no longer roadworthy.
(5)  In this regulation –
dual controls , in relation to a motor vehicle, means duplicate pedals for the footbrake and, if the vehicle has a manual transmission, the clutch, fitted so that an instructor seated in the same general transverse plane as the driver may operate the footbrake readily and effectively and disengage the transmission of the vehicle.


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