This law aims to help you stay safe on the road by promoting good behaviour and making sure vehicles are safe to use. It sets out rules for how you should behave on the road, how drivers get their licences, and other technical things about land transport. The law also recognises that people have responsibilities to each other when using the road.
The law brings together and updates various rules and laws related to road safety and land transport. This helps make it easier for you to understand what you need to do to stay safe on the road.
The law also helps New Zealand follow international agreements about road safety and land transport.
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1: Short Title and commencement, or
"This provision explains the name of the law and when it starts working"
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Transport.
