INFOSHEET 2.10 — Importing motor vehicles from Japan: Standards and document requirements

Revision history — Revision 10

Date	Revision no.	Comment
10 June 2008	Revision 10	This revision reminds importers of the heavy-vehicle brake standards coming into force on 1 July 2008 and also notes that noise level requirements came into force on 1 June 2008.
8 May 2008	Revision 9	This revision advises importers about the changed rules for importing immigrants' vehicles of Classes MA, MB or MC; or 'special interest vehicles', that do not meet frontal impact or emissions standards.
5 November 2007	Revision 8	This revision to the infosheet advises you that new emissions standards requirements are expected to come into force on 1 January 2008. To import a vehicle into New Zealand, it must comply with the requirements set out in Infosheet 2.08, to which this document is linked. It also has additional information about compliance of modified vehicles, including a sample export certificate showing a kai mark that indicates the vehicle has been modified. OnRoad and Vehicle Testing NZ contact details are updated.
31 October 2006	Revision 7	The infosheet has been extended to include standards for heavy-vehicle brakes that will be introduced through the Heavy-vehicle Brakes Rule, which comes into force on 1 March 2007. Imported heavy vehicles of Classes MD3, MD4, ME, NB and NC that are first registered in New Zealand after 1 July 2008 will need to meet an approved brake standard. In addition vehicles of Classes NB or NC intended to be used to tow heavy trailers will in most cases need to be fitted with ABS, EBS or LSV. Vehicles of Class TC and TD first registered in New Zealand on or after 1 July 2008 will in most cases need to be fitted with ABS, EBS or LSV.
1 June 2006	Revision 6	The flowcharts for importing motorcycles have been clarified. An alternative method of determining frontal impact compliance for class MA vehicles has been added.
28 October 2005	Revision 5	A seventh Japanese character has been added to the information about Completion Inspection Certificates.
15 September 2005	Revision 4	The statement of compliance has been updated in accordance with Land Transport Rule: Glazing, Windscreen Wipe and Wash, and Mirrors Amendment 2005 by removal of all requirements for windscreen wipe and wash systems to meet standards.
May 2005	Revision 3	The infosheet has been extended to cover both light and heavy vehicles — ie, vehicles of all classes except TA, TB, LA, LB.
22 December 2004	Revision 2.1	The words 'either their own form or' were removed from the instruction in Appendix 1.
1 July 2004	Revision 2	The flowchart explaining how to prove compliance with a frontal impact standard for a Class MA vehicle that was imported from Japan and is not on the frontal impact lists has been expanded to clarify the requirements.
29 March 2004	Revision 1	The new form Application for an exemption from vehicle standard rules supersedes the previous application for exemption from the frontal impact rule. There are more examples of acceptable documentation included in the appendices.
15 December 2003		Infosheet 1.67 has been restructured. The information about importing light vehicles from Japan that was previously in Infosheet 1.67a is now presented in the new Infosheet 2.10.

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