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The Low Volume Vehicle Code and Standards

The Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association Inc (LVVTA) Code is the legal framework leading to the LVVTA Standards that are used by the LTNZ Certifiers. The Code is legally binding because it is incorporated by reference in the Vehicle Standards Rules made by the Minister of Transport.

Here is the current Low Volume Vehicle Code

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Background

The Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association Incorporated (LVVTA) represents ten hobbyist and specialist groups who are dedicated to ensuring that their members' vehicles, when scratch-built or modified, meet the highest practicable safety standards. The information in these standards has stemmed from work undertaken by founding member groups that commenced prior to 1990 and has been progressively developed as an integral part of NZ Government safety rules and regulations by agreement and in consultation with the Land Transport Safety Authority. As a result, the considerable experience in applied safety engineering built up by LVVTA members over the past ten years can be of benefit to members of the NZ public who also wish to build or modify light motor vehicles.

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