VIRM: In-service certification

Amendment date Reasons for amendment Amendment details
1 April 2024

This amendment includes:

  • Aligning fog lamp requirements with headlamps, especially around LED conversion kits
  • Adding specific guidance on wheelchair stowing devices, incorporating the advice we issued last year:
    December 2023 letter to IOs and VIs
  • Updating descriptions of wheel bearing condition, to help detect worn components
  • Small wording changes and a new sample image for Technical bulletin 16
  • Aligning PSV seating requirements for wheelchair restraint systems with legislation
  • Updating RfR wording about an insecurely mounted engine or gearbox to include other driveline components.
WoF only changes

WoF and CoF changes
Upcoming (planned for 1 March 2024, now delayed) All warrant or certificate of fitness inspections must include checking registration plates (tractors, forklifts, unregistered and unclassified vehicles are excluded).

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1 October 2023

This amendment includes:

  • Clarifying the process for recording a 28 day conditional permit.
  • Amendments to take wooden materials into account when inspecting motorhomes and caravans.
  • Adding images to help vehicle inspectors identify excessive damage to air bag suspension systems.
  • Adding EV, HEV and PHEV modifications that do not require Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association (LVVTA) certification.
  • Clarifying requirements for overlays on dedicated glass-break emergency exits on PSVs.
  • Note and reason for rejection added for ATVs in left-hand drive configuration.
  • Adding new jacking point images and wording to Technical bulletin 4.
WoF only changes

WoF and CoF changes
11 July 2023 Following changes to the NZ Heavy Brake Test Protocol, additional vehicle classes have been added for roller brake machine (RBM) testing for vehicles fitted with Cardan shaft park brakes (Table 8-1-9). CoF only changes
1 May 2023 Updates to the NZ heavy vehicle brake test protocol has meant changes are required to the Cardan shaft park brake RBM procedure and brake force chart for class NC vehicles (Table 8-1-9) and technical bulletin 9. WoF and CoF changes
1 April 2023

This amendment includes:

  • Removing mechanical portable brake decelerometers from the approved brake testing equipment list.
  • Simplified wording around repairs inside the Critical Vision Area (CVA).
  • New images to show examples of tyre cracks.
  • Updates to the recommend method of checking light trailer brakes.
  • New reason for rejection stating the Cardan shaft park brake warning sticker is compulsory, and a sample image of the sticker (CoF only).
  • An update in the Introduction and to a large number of heavy vehicle and heavy trailer pages allowing for electronic document retention (CoF only).

WoF only changes

WoF and CoF changes

1 December 2022 Changes as a result of the introduction of the NZ Heavy Brake Test Protocol1 December 2022 changes
7 October 2022 Update to include changes as a result of the introduction of Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Dimensions and Mass 2016 (Bicycle Racks on Urban Buses) Class Exemption Notice 2022 on 7 October 2022. 7 October 2022 changes
1 October 2022

A small number of updates regarding:

  • reporting VIN tampering
  • seating positions in motorhomes
  • recording speedometer readings
  • the definition of winter tyres.

WoF only changes

WoF and CoF changes

13 June 2022 Updates to approved operating systems and web browsers used to connect to Waka Kotahi systems. 13 June 2022 changes
1 April 2022 A small amendment containing general updates. 1 April 2022 changes
8 March 2022 The recheck period can be extended if a site has to temporarily close due to COVID-19 to a maximum of 10 days. 8 March 2022 changes
14 January 2022

Update to the COVID-19 recovery technical bulletin. The stop clock system has been phased out.

14 January 2022 changes
10 January 2022 Update to heavy vehicle brakes and heavy trailer brakes sections, aligning with the update to Technical bulletin 4 in the Heavy vehicle specialist VIRM10 January changes

Earlier amendments

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