10 March 2025

VIRM: Entry certification amendment – 10 March 2025

VIRM amendment previews

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Changes

Inspection and certification

1-1 Registering a vehicle for the first time in New Zealand

This change has been made to align with the changes to Technical bulletin 31 further below.

1-11 Completing the inspection and certification process

This change is to allow for the use of electronic signatures on check sheets.

2-1 External projections

Additional wording added advising that vehicles imported from the USA are not required to meet an approved external projections standard.

Technical bulletins

31 Brakes standards compliance

The alignment to ECE13 for brakes instead of ADR35 means many more trucks of class NB and NC and trailers of TC and TD require electronic stability control to comply with that standard.