56Requirements for motor vehicles used in driving instruction

56 Requirements for motor vehicles used in driving instruction

(1)  In this regulation –

dual controls, in relation to a motor vehicle, means duplicate pedals for –

(a) the footbrake; and

(b) if the vehicle has a manual transmission, the clutch –

fitted so that an instructor seated in the same general transverse plane as the driver may operate the footbrake readily and effectively and disengage the transmission of the vehicle.

(2)  For the purposes of section 14(4) of the Act, a vehicle complies with the requirements of these regulations for motor vehicles used to provide driving instruction if the vehicle is fitted with dual controls in such a way that the controls are not likely to be operated accidentally by a person seated in the same general transverse plane as the driver of the vehicle.

(3)  Subregulation (2) does not apply if –

(a) the vehicle is provided by the person under instruction; or

(b) the GVM of the vehicle exceeds 4.5 tonnes; or

(c) the vehicle has seating for more than 12 adults including the driver.