5. Rules relating to safety and licensing---Without limiting the power
 conferred by section 4 of this Act, in the interests of safety within
 the land transport sector, the Minister may make all or any of the
 following ordinary rules:
   (a) Rules regulating the use or special use of any road or roads
         (including, but not limited to, the use of vehicles and other
         things affecting roads, and the movement of animals on or across
         any road), or prohibiting or restricting any such use of any
         road or roads:
   (b) Rules prescribing requirements or making provision in respect of
         the construction, maintenance, improvement, and use of equipment
         and facilities used for the purpose of road transport, including
         (but not limited to) rules providing for the following:
           (i) The provision of traffic control devices:
           (ii) The prevention of interference with traffic control
         devices and other road transport facilities:
   (c) General operating rules and rules regulating or relating to road
         user behaviour, including (but not limited to) rules specifying
         the following:
           (i) The conditions under which vehicles may be used or any act
         may be performed in or on or from vehicles:
           (ii) The conditions under which individuals may use roads:
           (iii) The maximum speeds or minimum speeds or both of vehicles
         or of specified classes of vehicles---
            (A) On any road or on roads of any specified classes; or
            (B) In any locality or throughout New Zealand:
   (d) Rules providing for the control of things likely to be hazardous
         to land transport safety, including (but not limited to) rules
         providing for the following:
           (i) The safe carriage of dangerous or hazardous goods or
         substances by land transport:
           (ii) The construction or use of any thing likely to be
         hazardous to land transport safety:
   (e) Rules specifying standards in respect of the construction of
         vehicles, the equipment to be carried on vehicles, the mass and
         dimensions of vehicles, vehicle emissions, the environmental
         requirements of vehicles, the loading requirements of vehicles,
         the identification of vehicles, the repair of vehicles, the
         maintenance of vehicles, the modification of vehicles, the
         inspection of vehicles, and the fuel systems of vehicles,
         including (but not limited to) rules providing for the
         following:
           (i) Requiring the design plans and chassis manufacturer's
         specifications to be made available for inspection before
         construction or importation, as a condition of the grant of an
         approval:
           (ii) Limiting or prohibiting vehicle noise and vehicle
         emissions:
           (iii) Other environmental restrictions on vehicles:
           (iv) Specifications for alternative fuel systems:
   (f) Rules specifying driver responsibilities, including (but not
         limited to) rules providing for the following:
           (i) The use of vehicle safety equipment by the occupants of
         vehicles:
           (ii) Limiting driving hours and hours on duty for drivers of
         heavy goods vehicles or drivers of vehicles operated under a
         transport service licence:
           (iii) Compliance with restrictions in respect of hazardous
         goods or loading:
           (iv) Prohibiting the use of vehicles that do not comply with
         construction, registration, licensing, equipment, or inspection
         requirements:
   (g) Rules specifying the responsibilities of vehicle owners, including
         (but not limited to) rules providing for the following:
           (i) Requiring owners to maintain vehicles to approved
         standards of maintenance and to meet emission, environmental,
         and equipment requirements:
           (ii) Imposing prohibitions on the use, by owners or by persons
         authorised by owners, of vehicles that do not comply with
         construction, registration, licensing, equipment, or inspection
         requirements:
   (h) Rules specifying the responsibilities and behaviour of transport
         service operators, including (but not limited to) rules
         providing for the following:
           (i) The obligations and restrictions in respect of signs on
         vehicles:
           (ii) The fixing and advertising of fares, complaints
         procedures, and the recording of complaints:
           (iii) The maintenance of a register of tows and hires:
           (iv) The obligations of rental service operators:
   (i) Rules specifying the performance requirements of law enforcement
         devices and measuring devices, including (but not limited to)---
           (i) The approval of breath testing devices, vehicle
         surveillance devices, speed measuring devices, brake testing
         devices, emission measuring devices, and vehicle weighing
         devices:
           (ii) The classification, approval, and use of recording
         devices:
   (j) Rules exempting any specified person or persons of a specified
         class from the requirement to hold any licence:
   (k) Rules prohibiting the use of a vehicle if a current licence is not
         held in respect of that vehicle or the owner or operator does
         not hold a current appropriate licence.