Road User Charges Act 1977

1: Short Title and commencement
1: This Act may be cited as the Road User Charges Act 1977.
2: Section 26
3: Sections 28 33
4: Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act shall come into force on 1 April 1978.
2: Interpretation
1: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— biofuel section 1B chief executive distance licence distance recorder
a: in the case of a motor vehicle that is required to be fitted with a hubodometer by regulations made under this Act, a hubodometer of the kind required to be fitted:
b: in the case of any other motor vehicle, a distance recorder that records in kilometres or miles and that is of a nature and accuracy sufficient to provide a reliable record of the distance travelled by the vehicle distance to which the licence relates gross laden weight
a: any weight specified (subsequent to the latest modification thereof, if any) as the gross laden weight of the vehicle by the manufacturer thereof:
b: any weight specified as the gross laden weight of the vehicle, or of a vehicle of that kind, by the Secretary for Transport, by notice in the Gazette provided that if, in respect of a motor vehicle, no evidence of any such weight has been adduced gross laden weight gross weight provided that—
a: without limiting the methods by which the gross weight of a vehicle may be determined, the gross weight of a motor vehicle may be determined by adding the weight transmitted to the road surface at different parts of the vehicle:
b: where the gross weight of any one of a combination of vehicles is to be ascertained, nothing in this Act shall require the vehicles comprising the combination to be detached from each other and be separately weighed issuing officer licence light electric motor vehicle maximum gross weight maximum reading minimum reading motor vehicle ; but does not include—
a: a vehicle that the Director has declared is not a motor vehicle under section 168A
b: a mobility device as defined in section 2(1) off-road motor vehicle Schedule 2 to operate owner section 2(1) the Land Transport Act 1998 petrol
a: any motor spirits on which motor spirits duty is imposed , including motor spirits that are blended with a biofuel
b: compressed natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas on which sales tax is imposed;— but does not include diesel or electricity prescribed quarter reading Registrar
a: any person to whom the chief executive has delegated any of the powers, duties, or functions of the Registrar under this Act:
b: any person for the time being authorised by the chief executive to exercise or perform any of the powers, duties, or functions of the Registrar under this Act registration plate Transport Act 1962 Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986 or Part 17 road supplementary licence time licence trailer
a: means a vehicle without motive power that is capable of being drawn or propelled by a motor vehicle from which it is readily detachable; but
b: does not include—
i: a sidecar attached to a motor cycle; or
ii: a vehicle normally propelled by mechanical power while it is being temporarily towed without the use of its own power unladen weight to use vehicle section 2(1) the Land Transport Act 1998 vehicle type number Schedule 2 Schedule 1 weight Minister of Police the Land Transport Act 1998 Minister of Police Gazette year June
2: For the purposes of this Act, every trailer (whether attached to another motor vehicle or not) shall be deemed to be a separate motor vehicle.
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4: For the purposes of this Act, at any particular time—
a: a distance licence or supplementary licence is current only if the reading at that time on the distance recorder fitted to the motor vehicle to which the licence relates is more than the minimum reading, and not more than the maximum reading, specified in the licence:
b: a time licence is current only if the licence specifies the quarter or year, as the case may be, that is the current quarter or year at that time. Section 2(1) biofuel inserted 1 October 2008 section 17 Energy (Fuels, Levies, and References) Amendment Act 2008 Section 2(1) chief executive inserted 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 2(1) Commissioner repealed 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 2(1) distance licence amended 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 2(1) distance to which the licence relates substituted 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 2(1) gross laden weight amended 1 April 1982 section 2(2) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1981 Section 2(1) gross weight substituted 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 2(1) issuing officer substituted 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 2(1) licence category repealed 21 October 1982 section 3(5) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1982 Section 2(1) light electric motor vehicle inserted 11 August 2009 section 4 Road User Charges Amendment Act 2009 Section 2(1) motor spirits duty repealed 10 May 2011 section 100(3) Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 Section 2(1) motor vehicle amended 22 June 2005 section 95(5) Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 Section 2(1) owner amended 1 March 1999 section 215(1) Land Transport Act 1998 Section 2(1) petrol substituted 1 October 1982 Transport Amendment Act (No 2) 1982 Section 2(1) petrol amended 1 October 2008 section 17 Energy (Fuels, Levies, and References) Amendment Act 2008 Section 2(1) Registrar substituted 30 April 1997 section 2(1) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1997 Section 2(1) registration plate substituted 30 April 1986 section 56(1) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986 Section 2(1) registration plate amended 1 May 2011 section 35(4) Land Transport Amendment Act 2009 Section 2(1) supplementary licence amended 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 2(1) time licence amended 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 2(1) trailer substituted 1 March 1999 section 215(1) Land Transport Act 1998 Section 2(1) unladen weight substituted 1 March 1999 section 215(1) Land Transport Act 1998 Section 2(1) vehicle amended 1 March 1999 section 215(1) Land Transport Act 1998 Section 2(1) weight substituted 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 2(1) weight amended 1 March 1999 section 215(1) Land Transport Act 1998 Section 2(1) year amended 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 Section 2(3) repealed 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989
3: Act to bind Crown
This Act shall bind the Crown.
4: Motor vehicles exempted from this Act
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, nothing in Part 1
a: any motor vehicle whose motive power is always wholly derived from petrol
b: any trailer whose gross laden weight is 3.5 tonnes or less; or
c: any motor vehicle that is exempted from Part 1 Section 4(a) amended 23 November 1979 section 4(1) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979
1: Road user licences
Motor vehicles not to be on road unless licensed under this Act
5: Certain motor vehicles to have distance licences
1: Subject to section 7 section 2
a: there is carried
i: the number or distinguishing mark shown on the registration plate or plates of the motor vehicle; and
ii: the serial number (if any) of the distance recorder fitted to the motor vehicle; and
iii: the vehicle type number of the motor vehicle; and
iv: such other information as is required to be specified therein by this Act; and
b: the gross weight of the motor vehicle is not more than the maximum gross weight specified in that licence; and
c: the motor vehicle has attached to it a distance recorder which—
i: is fitted in accordance with the provisions of any regulations made under this Act; and
ii: is of a kind defined in any regulations made under this Act; and
iii: is recording accurately the distance travelled by the vehicle; and
d: the reading of the distance recorder is more than the minimum reading, and not more than the maximum reading, specified in that licence.
2: In this section, road
a: a street:
b: any place to which the public have access, whether as of right or not:
c: all bridges, culverts, ferries, and fords forming part of any road, street, or such place. Section 5(1)(a) amended 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 Section 5(1)(c) substituted 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 5(2) added 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992
6: Certain motor vehicles to have time licences
No person shall operate an off-road motor vehicle (as defined in section 2
a: there is carried
i: the number or distinguishing mark shown on the registration plate or plates of the motor vehicle; and
ii: the vehicle type number of the motor vehicle; and
iii: such other information as is required to be specified therein by this Act; and
b: the gross weight of the motor vehicle is not more than the maximum gross weight specified in that licence. Section 6(a) amended 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989
7: Weight limit of distance licence may be increased by supplementary licence
1: Where—
a: a current distance licence and a supplementary licence are carried
i: the number or distinguishing mark shown on the registration plate or plates of the motor vehicle; and
ii: the serial number (if any) of the distance recorder fitted to the motor vehicle; and
iii: the vehicle type number of the motor vehicle; and
iv: such other information as is required to be specified therein by this Act; and
b: the maximum gross weight specified in the supplementary licence is greater than the maximum gross weight specified in the distance licence— the maximum gross weight specified in the distance licence shall be deemed to be increased to the maximum gross weight specified in the supplementary licence during the time that—
c:
d: the
2: Section 7(1)(a) amended 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 Section 7(1)(c) repealed 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 7(1)(d) amended 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 7(2) repealed 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Issue of licences
8: Applications for licences
1: Every application for a licence for a motor vehicle shall—
a: be in a form provided for the purpose by the chief executive; and
b: contain such information as is prescribed by regulations made under section 24
2: Without limiting subsection (1)(b), any such regulations may—
a: specify the persons who are entitled to make applications and hold licences:
b: require an applicant to furnish the chief executive with a completed bank authority, on a form provided by the chief executive or by a bank, directing a specified bank to effect an automatic transfer of funds to a
c: prescribed the manner of calculating the distance to which the licence relates, in the case of a distance licence.
3: In every application under this section for a distance licence for a motor vehicle, the minimum reading to be specified in the licence shall not be greater than the maximum reading specified in the last properly issued licence for that vehicle. Where an application for a distance licence is made in contravention of this subsection, the amount arrived at by multiplying the distance in kilometres by which the minimum reading was overstated by the road user charge per kilometre for that licence shall, until paid in full to, or remitted by, the chief executive, constitute a debt to the Crown by the applicant for the licence, and may be recovered accordingly in any court of competent jurisdiction. Section 8 substituted 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 8(2)(b) amended 25 January 2005 section 65R(3) Public Finance Act 1989 Section 8(3) added 20 August 1993 Land Transport Act 1993
9: Road user charges
1: Subject to subsection (3) and to any regulations made under this Act, every application under section 8 Schedule 3
2: Subject to subsection (3), where a licence is issued under this Act, the amount of the appropriate road user charge for the licence and the prescribed administration fee shall, until paid in full to the Registrar or the chief executive
3: Where the chief executive Schedule 3 Section 9(2) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 9(3) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988
10: Issue of licences
1: Every licence shall be in the prescribed form and colour and contain the prescribed information.
2: No licence shall relate to more than 1 vehicle.
3: Licences may be issued—
a: by the chief executive in such manner as he or she thinks fit:
b: by such persons (whether or not employed in the Ministry of Transport) and in such manner as the chief executive may authorise in that behalf.
4: Without limiting subsection (3), the chief executive may authorise any employee or agent of any such authorised person to issue licences.
5: Any person authorised by or under this section to issue licences may issue, in a form prescribed by the chief executive, proof of purchase of a licence.
6: The chief executive or any other person authorised to issue licences may decline to issue a licence in any case where—
a: the applicant has an outstanding debt under this Act; or
b: the weight specified in the application is less than the tare weight of the vehicle for which the licence is sought; or
c: by virtue of regulations made under section 24
7: Where the applicant has a history of failing to pay the appropriate road user charge or the prescribed administration fee, or both, when making an application for a licence, the issue of a licence may be made conditional on the payment in cash of the amounts due or the giving of an appropriate security in respect of those amounts. Section 10 substituted 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992
10A: Current licence to be delivered to purchaser on sale of vehicle
1: Any person who sells a motor vehicle to which this Act applies shall deliver to the purchaser on or before the date of delivery of the vehicle a licence that will be current when the vehicle is delivered.
2: This section is in addition to, and not in substitution for or in derogation of, any provision in any other enactment that requires a person to produce any other document before the sale of the vehicle. Section 10A inserted 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992
11: Issue of new licence where mistake made
Where an issuing officer is satisfied that a mistake has been made by an issuing officer in the issue of a licence, he may, upon receipt of the licence, cancel the licence and issue in its place a new licence containing the correct information. Section 11 substituted 23 November 1979 section 6 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979
12: Issue of duplicate licence on loss, etc, of original licence
Section 12 repealed 23 November 1979 section 7(1) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979
13: Issue of new licence where distance recorder replaced
Section 13 repealed 23 November 1979 section 7(1) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979 Refunds and surrender of licences
14: Refund of distance licence charge where supplementary licence issued
1: Where a supplementary licence is issued and the maximum gross weight specified in a distance licence is deemed to be increased to the maximum gross weight specified in the supplementary licence by virtue of section 7 chief executive
2: For the purposes of subsection (1), the refund of a road user charge shall be the amount arrived at by multiplying the distance in kilometres common to both licences by the road user charge per kilometre Section 14(1) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 14(2) amended 23 November 1979 section 5(3) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979
15: Refund of current distance licence charge where new distance licence issued
1: Where 2 current or equal to chief executive
2: For the purposes of subsection (1), the refund of a road user charge shall be the amount arrived at by multiplying the distance in kilometres common to both licences by the road user charge per kilometre
3: No refund of a road user charge shall be made under this section after the expiry of 2 years from the date of issue of the distance licence issued first, unless—
a: the distance licence issued last is issued before the expiry of that 2-year period; or
b: the chief executive otherwise determines, in any particular case. Section 15(1) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 15(1) amended 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 15(1) amended 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 15(2) amended 23 November 1979 section 5(3) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979 Section 15(3) added 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989
16: Refunds and remissions for off-road travel
1: Where a distance recorder fitted to a motor vehicle has recorded distance travelled by the motor vehicle while not on a road and—
a: a distance licence relating to the motor vehicle was current at the time; or
b: a debt is constituted under section 8(3) application may be made (after the expiry or surrender of the licence where applicable) to the chief executive for a refund or remission of the appropriate portion of the road user charge paid or debt incurred in respect of the licence.
2: Every application under subsection (1) shall be in a form prescribed by the chief executive, and shall contain such information as the chief executive requires to substantiate the application and enable the refund or remission to be made.
3: The chief executive shall, as soon as practicable after being satisfied as to the accuracy of the application, refund or remit, or cause to be refunded or remitted, the appropriate portion of the road user charge paid or debt incurred.
4: For the purposes of subsection (1)—
a: the proportion of a road user charge to be refunded shall be the proportion arrived at by dividing the distance recorded by the distance recorder while the motor vehicle was not on a road by the distance to which the distance licence relates; and
b: the proportion of a debt to be remitted shall be the proportion that relates to the distance travelled while not on a road.
5: No refund of a road user charge shall be made under this section after the expiry of 2 years from the date of issue of the distance licence, unless the chief executive otherwise determines in any particular case. Section 16 substituted 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989
16A: Remission of debt where off-road travel
Section 16A repealed 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989
17: Surrender of road user licences
1: Where—
a: a motor vehicle to which a current licence relates is destroyed or becomes permanently useless as a motor vehicle or is removed permanently beyond New Zealand and the vehicle's registration plates have been surrendered to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles
b:
c: the chief executive
i: a mistake has been made in the application for the licence and a replacement licence has been purchased
ii:
iii:
iv: the distance recorder, or a registration plate, specified in the licence has been removed from the motor vehicle and a replacement licence has been purchased
v:
d: the chief executive the chief executive
2: Every application under this section shall be in a form provided for the purpose by the chief executive chief executive (except subparagraph (ii))
3: For the purposes of subsection (1), the proportion of a road user charge to be refunded shall be—
a: in the case of a distance licence or a supplementary licence, the proportion arrived at by dividing the difference between the maximum reading specified in the licence and the reading of the motor vehicle's distance recorder at the time of application
b: in the case of a time licence, the proportion arrived at by dividing the number of whole months between the time of application
4: No refund of a road user charge shall be made under this section after the expiry of 2 years from the date of issue of the licence in respect of which the application is made, unless—
a: the application is made to the chief executive before the expiry of that 2-year period; or
b: the chief executive otherwise determines, in any particular case. Section 17(1) substituted 23 November 1979 section 7(2) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979 Section 17(1) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 17(1)(a) amended 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 17(1)(b) repealed 25 March 2002 section 5(2)(a) Road User Charges Amendment Act 2002 Section 17(1)(c) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 17(1)(c)(i) amended 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 17(1)(c)(ii) repealed 20 August 1993 Land Transport Act 1993 Section 17(1)(c)(iii) repealed 20 August 1993 Land Transport Act 1993 Section 17(1)(c)(iv) amended 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 17(1)(c)(v) repealed 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 17(1)(d) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 17(1)(d) amended 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 17(2) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 17(2) amended 23 November 1979 section 7(3) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979 Section 17(3)(a) amended 25 March 2002 section 5(2)(b) Road User Charges Amendment Act 2002 Section 17(3)(b) amended 25 March 2002 section 5(2)(c) Road User Charges Amendment Act 2002 Section 17(4) added 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989
17A: Verification of application for refund or remission
1: The chief executive may at any time, whether before or after a refund or remission is made in accordance with section 14 section 15 section 16 section 17
2: The chief executive may take extracts from or make copies of any books or records so produced.
3: The chief executive may require verification of any information contained in books or records furnished under this section, and may decline to act on any information that is not verified to his or her satisfaction or recover any refund or cancel any remission granted in reliance upon incorrect or unverified information. Section 17A inserted 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989
18: Further provisions relating to refunds
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,—
a: no refund of an amount less than $2 shall be made under Part 1
b: in calculating the amount of a refund payable in respect of a licence under any provision of Part 1 chief executive
c: in calculating the amount of a refund payable in respect of a licence under any provision of Part 1 chief executive
ca: where the refund payable is less than $5,000, the refund shall be credited to the operator's road user charges account unless—
i: the account is to be closed; or
ii: the operator requests that the refund be paid directly to the operator:
cb: where an application for a refund under Part 1
i: the chief executive may, by notice in writing, require the operator to produce the hubodometer for inspection at a place appointed for the purpose by the chief executive; and
ii: no refund shall be made in respect of the alleged hubodometer failure if the hubodometer is not so produced within 3 months after the date of the making of the application:
d: all money refunded in error, whether of fact or of law, under any provision of Part 1 chief executive
e: if a refund must be calculated by reference to the road user charge per kilometre for the licence and that rate of charge has been altered in the period between the time the licence was purchased and the time of making the application for a refund, the refund must be calculated by reference to the rate of charge that applied at the time the licence was purchased. Section 18(b) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 18(c) added 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 18(c) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 18(ca) inserted 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 18(cb) inserted 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 18(d) added 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 18(d) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 18(e) added 25 March 2002 section 4 Road User Charges Amendment Act 2002 Inquiry and assessment by District Court Judge Heading inserted 22 December 1980 section 6 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1980
18A: District Court Judge may hold inquiry on application of
chief executive
1: A District Court Judge may, on the application of the chief executive
a: during a period specified in the application (being a period commencing not earlier than 6 years before the date of the application); and
b: for motor vehicles specified in the application (being motor vehicles that the chief executive
2: The chief executive shall not make an application to a District Court for the purposes of subsection (1) unless he or she considers that it is likely that all the appropriate licences that ought to have been obtained during the period, and for the motor vehicles, specified in the application were not so obtained.
3: The chief executive section 23 Section 18A inserted 22 December 1980 section 6 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1980 Section 18A amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 18A(1) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 18A(1)(b) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 18A(2) substituted 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 18A(3) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988
18B: Provisions relating to inquiries
1: For the purposes of any inquiry under section 18A
a: summon before him any person or persons (including, where the inquiry relates to a body corporate, any director or employee of the body) to give evidence; and
b: require any person to produce for the inspection of the Judge, or of any other person authorised by the Judge for this purpose, any books, papers, accounting records, or other documents, or things, that are relevant to the inquiry. If any District Court Judge is satisfied that any person who has been summoned under paragraph (a) will not attend to give evidence without being compelled to do so, he may issue a warrant (in the same form, with all necessary modifications, as is prescribed for the purposes of section 20(4)
2: At any inquiry under section 18A
a: the District Court Judge may examine on oath any person; and for that purpose the Judge or a Registrar of a court may administer an oath; and
b: the District Court Judge may receive as evidence any statement, document, information, matter, or thing, that in his opinion may assist him to deal effectively with the subject of the inquiry, whether or not it would ordinarily be admissible as evidence; and
c: the chief executive chief executive's section 18A
d: the chief executive chief executive's
3: Every inquiry under section 18A
4: The statement of every person examined under this section shall be taken down in writing, and signed by him in the presence of the District Court Judge, and copies thereof shall be delivered to the chief executive chief executive's
5: No person examined under this section shall be excused from answering any question on the ground that the answer may incriminate him or render him liable to any penalty.
6: No statement made by any person in answer to any question put to him in examination under this section, or document or thing produced pursuant to a requirement under this section, shall in criminal proceedings be admissible in evidence against him, except upon a charge of perjury against him in respect of his testimony upon that examination.
7: A District Court Judge may, for the purpose of assisting him in the exercise of his powers under section 18C
8: A District Court Judge may order that any costs (or such part thereof as is specified by the Judge) incurred by—
a: the chief executive
b: the person specified in the chief executive's
c: any person summoned, or required to produce a document or thing, under this section,— in respect of an inquiry to which this section relates, shall be paid by the chief executive chief executive's Section 18B inserted 22 December 1980 section 6 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1980 Section 18B(2)(c) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 18B(2)(d) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 18B(4) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 18B(8) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 18B(8)(a) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 18B(8)(b) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988
18C: District Court Judge may make assessment
1: Where, after holding an inquiry under section 18A section 18B(7) chief executive's
2: In giving reasons for an assessment under this section a District Court Judge need not indicate how the assessment is calculated or what licences he considers ought to have been obtained.
3: Every assessment made by a District Court Judge under this section shall be delivered by him in open court.
4: A District Court Judge may, when delivering an assessment, state the date from which the amount of the assessment shall be payable to the chief executive
5: Where a District Court Judge makes an assessment under this section, the amount of the assessment shall, from the date the Judge delivers his assessment (or such other date, if any, as the Judge specifies pursuant to subsection (4)), be payable to the chief executive chief executive's section 18A chief executive Section 18C inserted 22 December 1980 section 6 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1980 Section 18C(1) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 18C(4) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 18C(5) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988
18D: District Court Judge may make assessment by consent
A District Court Judge may, instead of holding an inquiry and making an assessment under sections 18A 18C chief executive chief executive's Section 18D inserted 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 18D amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 General provisions
19: Display of licences
1: Every licence shall be carried on the vehicle to which it relates or a vehicle attached to that vehicle and
a: in the case of a motor vehicle fitted with a windscreen, the licence shall be displayed behind
b: in the case of a motor vehicle not fitted with a windscreen, the licence shall be displayed
i: behind the windscreen
ii: at the front of the left side of the vehicle— so that the side of the licence displaying the number or distinguishing mark shown on the registration plate of the vehicle is easily visible from outside the vehicle.
2: Every licence required to be carried and displayed pursuant to subsection (1) shall be produced by the driver or person in charge of the vehicle to which it relates forthwith on demand by a constable or
3: Where a licence has been issued to an operator but the licence has not been received by the operator, the following provisions shall apply:
a: until the close of 7 days after the date on which the licence is issued, a facsimile copy of the licence in the prescribed form
b: an enforcement officer may accept some other form of proof of the issue of a licence during the period referred to in paragraph (a), being a form of proof approved by the Secretary.
4: A road user charges label in the prescribed form and containing the correct details in respect of a licence shall be proof of purchase of a licence. Section 19(1) amended 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 Section 19(1)(a) amended 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 19(1)(b) amended 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 19(1)(b)(i) amended 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 19(2) added 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 Section 19(2) amended 1 July 1992 section 36 Transport Amendment Act (No 2) 1992 Section 19(3) added 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 19(3)(a) amended 20 August 1993 Land Transport Act 1993 Section 19(4) added 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992
20: Power to alter rates of road user charges by Order in Council
1: The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, reduce or increase any or all of the rates of road user charges specified in Schedule 3
1A: An Order in Council made under this section that increases all or any of the rates of road user charges specified in Schedule 3 Gazette
2: Every Order in Council made under this section shall be laid before the House of Representatives not later than the 16th sitting day of the House of Representatives after the day on which it is made.
3: Every Order in Council made under this section shall,—
a: where the Order in Council is made on or before 30 June in any year, expire on the close of 31 December of that year except so far as it is expressly validated or confirmed by Act of Parliament passed during that year; and
b: where the Order in Council is made on or after 1 July in any year, expire on the close of 31 December in the following year except so far as it is expressly validated or confirmed by Act of Parliament passed before the end of that following year.
4: If any Order in Council or any provision of any Order in Council expires by virtue of subsection (3), the road user charge rate or rates altered by that Order in Council or provision shall, from the expiry of that Order in Council or provision and until it is or they are again altered, be the same as it was or they were immediately before that Order in Council or provision came into force.
5: If any Order in Council or any provision of any Order in Council expires by virtue of subsection (3), any charges collected under that Order in Council or provision in excess of the charges otherwise payable shall, except so far as any other provision is made by an Act of Parliament in respect thereof, be refunded upon application made to the chief executive.
6: Every application under subsection (5) shall be in a form provided for the purpose by the chief executive, and shall contain such information as the chief executive considers necessary to enable the refund to be made in accordance with this section.
7: The repeal of any Act of Parliament passed for the purpose of expressly validating or confirming any Orders in Council pursuant to subsection (3) shall not, unless there is any express provision to the contrary, affect the validity or confirmation of those Orders in Council. Section 20 substituted 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 Section 20(1A) inserted 11 August 2009 section 5 Road User Charges Amendment Act 2009
21: Distance and supplementary licences for certain motor vehicles become invalid 1 month after road user charge rate increased
1: This section applies if a road user charge rate specified in Schedule 3 section 20
2: Despite any other provision of this Act, a distance licence or supplementary licence for a motor vehicle whose gross laden weight is more than 3.5 tonnes issued before the increase comes into force is no longer valid after the expiry of 1 month from the date of the increase. Section 21 substituted 11 August 2009 section 6 Road User Charges Amendment Act 2009
21A: Additional charges for default in payment of amounts due under principal Act
1: Subject to subsection (3), if any debt due to the Crown by virtue of this Act (being a road user charge, administration fee, assessment under section 18C or section 18D section 8(3)
2: For the purposes of subsection (1), an additional charge shall be an amount equal to 10% of the debt.
3: On written application for relief made by or on behalf of any person who has become liable under this section for the payment of any additional charge, the chief executive
a: by the remission of the whole or any part of the additional charge; or
b: where the additional charge has been paid in whole or in part, by the refund to the person of the whole or any part of the additional charge that has been paid, with or without the remission of any part of the additional charge that has not been paid.
4: Any amount imposed by way of additional charge under this section shall be in addition to any other penalty to which the person may be liable.
5: For the purposes of this section, the expression month
6: In subsection (5), the expression business day Section 21A inserted 1 July 1987 section 9 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979 Section 21A(1) amended 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 21A(1) amended 22 December 1980 section 7(1) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1980 Section 21A(2) substituted 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 Section 21A(3) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 21A(5) added 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 Section 21A(6) added 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989
22: Road user charges to be paid into national land transport fund
All road user charges (excluding applicable refunds, and goods and services tax payable under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985 section 21A section 18C 18D Section 22 substituted 1 August 2008 section 50(1) Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008
22AA: Other amounts received under this Act
1: This section applies to amounts that are received under this Act and that are not referred to in section 22
2: Amounts to which this section applies must be paid to the relevant prescribed recipient.
3: However, if there is no prescribed recipient to whom any amounts to which this section applies must be paid, those amounts must be paid into a Crown Bank Account.
4: For the purposes of this section, prescribed recipient Section 22AA inserted 1 August 2008 section 50(1) Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008
22A: Restrictions on fitting and repair of hubodometers
1: No person shall, without the written consent of the chief executive , loss, or displacement
2: No person shall, without the written consent of the chief executive Part 17
3: No person, other than the manufacturer thereof or a person approved in writing for this purpose by the chief executive
4: Any consent or approval given by the chief executive for the purposes of this section may be given on such terms and conditions as the chief executive thinks fit; and may at any time be varied or revoked by the chief executive by notice in writing to the person. Section 22A inserted 23 November 1979 section 11(1) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979 Section 22A(1) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 22A(1) amended 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 22A(2) amended 1 May 2011 section 35(4) Land Transport Amendment Act 2009 Section 22A(2) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 22A(3) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 22A(4) substituted 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988
22B: Restrictions on sale of hubodometers
1: Hubodometers shall be registered with the Ministry of Transport in accordance with this section.
2: No person shall sell a hubodometer if that person knows or ought to know that the make and serial number of the device are not registered with the Ministry of Transport.
3: Applications for registration under this section shall be in a form approved for the purpose by the chief executive.
4: In any case where a hubodometer is required to be registered, the chief executive shall—
a: cause a unique identifier to be assigned to the hubodometer; and
b: cause a label bearing that identifier to be affixed to the hubodometer to seal the device.
5: For the purposes of this section, sell Section 22B inserted 1 April 1994 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992
22C: Removal and retention of hubodometers for enforcement purposes
1: An authorised enforcement officer or a person authorised by the chief executive may—
a: remove, or require the removal of, any hubodometer from any motor vehicle on any road for the purpose of determining whether the hubodometer has been tampered with or modified:
b: seize and retain for the purposes of any criminal proceedings, or any proceedings under section 18A
i: any hubodometer on any motor vehicle on any road, or any hubodometer removed from a vehicle under paragraph (a), if the authorised enforcement officer or authorised person believes on reasonable grounds that the hubodometer—
A: has been tampered with or modified (otherwise than in accordance with section 22A
B: bears a serial number common to any other hubodometer of the same make:
ii: any licence carried or displayed in or on any motor vehicle on any road, or produced to the authorised enforcement officer or authorised person by any person, if the authorised enforcement officer or authorised person believes on reasonable grounds that the licence has been altered, is expired, is invalid, or is a forgery.
2: If a hubodometer or licence is retained by an authorised enforcement officer or authorised person under subsection (1),—
a: the operator of the vehicle from which the hubodometer is removed or to which the licence relates may cause the vehicle to be moved for a distance, not exceeding 100 kilometres, that may be necessary for the purpose of obtaining a replacement hubodometer or licence, or both; and
b: the vehicle is to be treated as being fitted with a proper hubodometer or to have a valid licence displayed or both (as the case may be) while it is being moved.
3: Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 who fails to comply with or does any act in contravention of any direction given under this section.
4: For the purposes of this section, enforcement officer section 2(1) 1962 No 135 s 69D Section 22C inserted 10 May 2011 section 100(3) Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011
23: Offences
1: Subject to subsections (3), (3A), (3B), (3C),
a: operates a motor vehicle on a road in contravention of section 5 section 6
b: subject to section 7(2)
ba: contravenes section 10A
c: operates on a road any motor vehicle bearing a licence that has been altered or defaced or that is in any way obscured or not easily distinguishable; or
ca: operates on a road any motor vehicle for which a licence is required that does not have such a licence displayed as required by section 19
d: displays or causes to be displayed on any motor vehicle anything (not being a licence) that is likely to be mistaken for a licence; or any licence that is not current (other than a licence that immediately precedes, or immediately follows, the current licence) or is no longer valid or that does not relate to the motor vehicle; or
e: operates any motor vehicle that has displayed on it anything (not being a licence) that is likely to be mistaken for a licence, or any licence that is not current (other than a licence that immediately precedes, or immediately follows, the current licence) or is no longer valid or that does not relate to the motor vehicle; or
ea: fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement made under section 17A(1)
eb: fails to produce any licence when required to do so under section 19(2)
f: makes any application under this Act that he knows or ought to know is incorrect in a material particular; or
fa: contravenes section 22A or section 22B
faa: operates a motor vehicle to which this Act applies with a hubodometer purchased on or after the commencement of this paragraph, unless the hubodometer is sealed in accordance with section 22B(4)
fb: operates a motor vehicle to which this Act applies which is fitted with a hubodometer which is designed for a tyre size other than that on the wheel to which the hubodometer is fitted unless the prior written approval of the Secretary for Transport is obtained; or
fc: operates a motor vehicle on a road in circumstances in which the operator of the vehicle knew or ought to have known that the hubodometer fitted to that vehicle has been damaged in a manner that affects its accuracy, or has been tampered with, or has been modified or repaired other than as permitted under this Act; or
g: alters or wilfully damages any distance recorder fitted to a motor vehicle to which this Act applies— commits an offence against this Act, and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000
1A: Without limiting subsection (1), every person who contravenes section 22A or section 22B
2: Subject to subsections (3), (3A), (3B), (3C),
a: a motor vehicle is operated on a road in contravention of section 5 section 6
b: an application for a licence for a motor vehicle is made that is incorrect in a material particular— the owner of the motor vehicle commits an offence against this Act, and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $15,000
2A: It shall be a defence in proceedings for an offence against paragraph (d) or paragraph (e) or paragraph (eb) of subsection (1) if the defendant produces proof of purchase of a licence under section 10(5)
3: It shall be a defence in proceedings for an offence of operating a motor vehicle on a road without the appropriate distance licence or supplementary licence if the defendant proves that—
a: it was not possible to obtain the licence at any time during the period between the time when the need for the licence was reasonably foreseeable by the defendant or any employee or agent thereof, and the time when the alleged offence was committed; and
b: an appropriate licence covering the distance for which the motor vehicle was on a road in contravention of this Act was obtained for the motor vehicle forthwith after the commission of the alleged offence.
3A: It shall be a defence in proceedings for an offence of operating a motor vehicle on a road when the reading of the distance recorder is more than the maximum reading specified in the licence displayed in the vehicle at the time of the offence, if the court is satisfied that—
a: the reading of the distance recorder did not exceed by more than 500 kilometres that maximum reading; and
b: the gross weight of the motor vehicle was not more than the maximum gross weight specified in that licence; and
c: as soon as reasonably practical after the offence was drawn to the attention of the defendant, a further licence was purchased specifying not less than the maximum gross weight of the motor vehicle and for a distance of not less than the amount by which the reading of the distance recorder exceeded the maximum reading of the licence displayed in the vehicle at the time of the offence.
3B: It shall be a defence in proceedings for an offence of operating a motor vehicle on a road when the gross weight of that motor vehicle is more than the maximum gross weight specified in the licence carried or carried or
3C: It shall be a defence in proceedings for an offence of operating a motor vehicle on a road when the distance licence carried or
a: the vehicle was fitted with a lifting axle which was not transmitting a portion of the weight of the vehicle to the roadway at the time of the offence; and
b: the vehicle was unladen, except for normal operating gear; and
c: the lifting axle was capable of being altered by the fitted device so as to transmit to the roadway a portion of the weight of the vehicle; and
d: if the lifting axle had been transmitting a portion of the weight of the vehicle to the roadway at the time of the offence, the vehicle type number specified on the licence would have been correct for the motor vehicle.
3D: For the purposes of subsection (3C), a lifting axle
4: It shall be a defence in proceedings for an offence of operating a motor vehicle on a road without a proper working distance recorder if the defendant proves that—
a: a distance recorder was fitted to the motor vehicle at the time; and
b: it was not possible to obtain and fit a properly working distance recorder to the motor vehicle, or to repair the distance recorder fitted to the motor vehicle, during the period between the time of the damage to or malfunction of the distance recorder fitted to the motor vehicle and the time when the alleged offence was committed; and
c: a properly working distance recorder was fitted to the motor vehicle, or the distance recorder fitted to the motor vehicle was repaired, forthwith after the commission of the alleged offence.
4A: Every person—
a: who is summoned under section 18B
b: who is sworn as a witness at an inquiry held under section 18A
c: who fails or refuses to produce any document or thing for the inspection of the Judge, or of any person authorised by the Judge for this purpose, when required to do so pursuant to section 18B(1)(b) commits an offence against this Act, and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000: provided that no person shall be convicted of an offence against paragraph (a) unless, at the time of the service of the summons or at some other reasonable time before the date on which that person was required to attend, there was paid or tendered to that person a sum sufficient to provide for his reasonable travel expenses in attending the inquiry.
5: Notwithstanding section 14
6: Any offence against this Act that is specified in Schedule 4 Land Transport Act 1998
7: For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that, in any proceedings for an offence of operating a motor vehicle on a road in contravention of section 5 section 6 section 19
8: Where a person breaches the requirements of a licence in more than 1 particular, each such breach, to the extent that it constitutes an offence against this Act, constitutes a separate offence. Section 23(1) amended 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 23(1) amended 23 November 1979 section 12(1)(a) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979 Section 23(1)(ba) inserted 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 23(1)(ca) inserted 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 Section 23(1)(d) substituted 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 23(1)(e) substituted 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 23(1)(ea) inserted 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 Section 23(1)(eb) inserted 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 Section 23(1)(fa) inserted 23 November 1979 section 12(3) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979 Section 23(1)(fa) amended 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 23(1)(faa) inserted 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 23(1)(fb) inserted 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 23(1)(fc) inserted 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 Section 23(1A) inserted 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 Section 23(1A) amended 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 23(2) amended 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 23(2) amended 23 November 1979 section 12(1)(b) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979 Section 23(2A) inserted 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 23(3) substituted 22 December 1980 section 8 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1980 Section 23(3A) inserted 21 September 1984 section 2 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1984 Section 23(3B) inserted 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 23(3B) amended 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 Section 23(3C) inserted 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 23(3C) amended 1 October 1989 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 Section 23(3D) inserted 28 October 1986 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 Section 23(4) substituted 22 December 1980 section 8 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1980 Section 23(4A) inserted 22 December 1980 section 8 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1980 Section 23(6) substituted 10 May 2011 section 100(3) Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 Section 23(7) added 29 July 1995 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1995 Section 23(8) added 30 April 1997 section 3 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1997
23A: Evidence in proceedings
1: A document certified by an officer or employee of the Ministry of Transport , or by a person authorised by the chief executive for the purpose,
a: in any inquiry under section 18A
b: in any proceedings for an offence against this Act or the Land Transport Act 1998
c: in any proceedings for the revocation of a transport services licence under the Transport Services Licensing Act 1989
2: For the purposes of this section, a record held for the purposes of this Act includes a copy of a licence issued under this Act and a computer record held for the purposes of this Act; and, in this subsection, computer record Section 23A inserted 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 23A(1) amended 30 April 1997 section 4 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1997 Section 23A(1)(b) substituted 10 May 2011 section 100(3) Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011
23B: Admissibility of certain statements
1: Notwithstanding any enactment or rule of law, any statement that is made to a constable or a traffic officer who is a Police employee who is not a constable
a: the identity of the employer of that driver; or
b: any matter that is by any enactment to be specified in any logbook— may be given in evidence by that constable or traffic officer and shall be admissible in any proceedings for an offence against this Act as evidence of the matters referred to in the statement.
2: Notwithstanding any enactment or rule of law, any statement that—
a: is made to an employee New Zealand Transport Agency Agency
b: is made by the driver of any vehicle to which this Act applies; and
c: relates to any matter that is by any enactment required to be specified in any logbook— may be given in evidence by that authorised employee Section 23B inserted 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 23B(1) amended 1 October 2008 section 116(d) Policing Act 2008 Section 23B(2) added 29 July 1995 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1995 Section 23B(2) amended 1 March 1999 section 215(1) Land Transport Act 1998 Section 23B(2)(a) amended 1 August 2008 section 50(1) Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 Section 23B(2)(a) amended 1 March 1999 section 215(1) Land Transport Act 1998
23C: Power to inspect records
1: For the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Act have been or are being complied with by any person to whom this Act applies, the chief executive may require that person to produce for inspection any books or records in that person's possession or over which that person has control, including (but not limited to) logbooks, records associated with logbooks, financial records relating to expenditure on fuel, invoices, vehicle maintenance records, depreciation records for vehicles, time and wage records, and waybills.
2: The chief executive may take extracts from or make copies of any books or records so produced.
3: The powers conferred by this section are in addition to, and not in substitution for or in derogation of, the powers conferred by section 17A Section 23C inserted 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992
23D: Delegation of chief executive's functions or powers to persons outside Ministry
1: Subject to subsection (2), the chief executive may from time to time, either generally or particularly, delegate to such persons (not being employees of the Ministry) as he or she specifies any of his or her functions or powers under this Act.
2: The chief executive shall not delegate any function or power to any person or any class of persons not employed in the State services (within the meaning of the State Sector Act 1988
2A: In any case where the chief executive has delegated any functions or powers to any person under this section, that person may, with the prior approval of the Minister, delegate to any other person such of those functions or powers as are so approved.
3: Subject to any general or special directions given or conditions imposed by the chief executive, any person to whom any functions or powers are delegated under this section may perform those functions and exercise those powers in the same manner and with the same effect as if they had been conferred or imposed upon the person directly and not by delegation.
4: The chief executive may delegate any power or function under this section to a specified person or class of persons or to the holder or holders of a specified office or class of office for the time being.
5: Every delegation under this section shall be given for a specific or indefinite period but in either case shall be revocable at will and no such delegation shall prevent the exercise of any power or the performance of any function by the chief executive.
6: Every delegation under this section shall, until revoked, continue in force according to its tenor, notwithstanding the fact that the chief executive by whom it was made may cease to hold office, and shall continue to have effect as if it were made by the person for the time being holding office as chief executive.
7: Every person purporting to act under any delegation under this section shall when reasonably requested produce evidence of his or her authority to do so.
8: In this section, the term person Section 23D inserted 20 August 1993 Land Transport Act 1993 Section 23D(2A) inserted 29 July 1995 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1995 Section 23D(8) added 30 April 1997 section 5 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1997
24: Regulations and Orders in Council
1: The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:
a: prescribing the forms of licences
b:
c: prescribing circumstances in which an issuing officer may issue a licence notwithstanding that the road user charge, or part thereof, payable in respect thereof has not been paid, or if he is satisfied that the charge has been or will be paid:
d: empowering the Registrar to cancel any licence if the road user charge payable in respect thereof has not been paid:
e: requiring motor vehicles, or any class or classes of motor vehicles, to be fitted with hubodometers from specified dates; prescribing the types of hubodometers to be fitted and the manner of fitting and maintenance; regulating the replacement of hubodometers; and prohibiting or restricting, for the purposes of this Act, certain actions in respect of hubodometers:
f: requiring every person who issues a certificate of fitness or a warrant of fitness , or evidence of vehicle inspection under the Land Transport Act 1998 chief executive
g: regulating the endorsement of licences for the purposes of section 7
ga: prescribing for the purposes of section 4(c)
h: prescribing offences in respect of the contravention of or non-compliance with any regulations made under this Act; and prescribing the fines, not exceeding $3,000
i: providing for such other matters, not inconsistent with this Act, as are contemplated by or necessary for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act and for its due administration.
1A: Regulations made under subsection (1)(ga) relating to light electric motor vehicles—
a: must specify a date on which the exemption expires; and
b: may, from time to time, be amended to provide for a later date.
2: The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, add to or omit from any of the categories specified in Schedule 2 Section 24(1)(a) amended 1 April 1993 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 Section 24(1)(b) repealed 1 March 1999 section 215(1) Land Transport Act 1998 Section 24(1)(f) amended 1 March 1999 section 215(1) Land Transport Act 1998 Section 24(1)(f) amended 1 April 1988 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 Section 24(1)(ga) inserted 11 August 2009 section 7(1) Road User Charges Amendment Act 2009 Section 24(1)(h) amended 23 November 1979 section 12(1)(a) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979 Section 24(1A) inserted 11 August 2009 section 7(2) Road User Charges Amendment Act 2009
2: Amendments to other Acts
Amendments to Transport Act 1962
25: Powers of constables and traffic officers
1: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
2: Section 25(2) repealed 1 August 1987 Transport Amendment Act 1987
26: Repeal of provisions relating to heavy-traffic licences
1: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
2: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, heavy-traffic licences that are issued pursuant to regulations made under paragraphs (l) and (m) of section 77(1)
27: Refund of motor spirits duty
Section 27 repealed 6 August 1982 Transport Amendment Act (No 2) 1982
28: Amount of motor spirits duty credited to Consolidated Revenue Account, and refunds of such duty, may be altered by Order in Council
Section 28 repealed 6 August 1982 Transport Amendment Act (No 2) 1982
29: Repeal of provisions relating to mileage tax
Section 29 repealed 6 August 1982 Transport Amendment Act (No 2) 1982
30: Evidence of testing and accuracy of weighing devices
Section 30 repealed 1 August 1987 Transport Amendment Act 1987
31: Consequential repeals
The following enactments are hereby consequentially repealed—
(a)–(d): Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
e: the Transport Amendment Act (No 2) 1976. Amendments to National Roads Act 1953 Heading repealed 1 October 1989 section 116(1) Government Roading Powers Act 1989
32: Board to submit budget to Minister each year
Section 32 repealed 1 October 1989 section 116(1) Government Roading Powers Act 1989
33: Amount payable to local authorities for collection of heavy-traffic fees
Section 33 repealed 1 October 1989 section 116(1) Government Roading Powers Act 1989
34: National Roads Fund
Section 34 repealed 1 October 1989 section 116(1) Government Roading Powers Act 1989
35: Allocation of estimated revenue of Fund
Section 35 repealed 1 October 1989 section 116(1) Government Roading Powers Act 1989
36: Board to prepare programme of road works
Section 36 repealed 1 October 1989 section 116(1) Government Roading Powers Act 1989