Land Transport Act 1998

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Land Transport Act 1998

Reprint as at:
2025-07-01
Assent:
1998-12-08
Commencement:
see section 1

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.


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