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Land Transport Act 1998

Transport services licensing - Fit and proper person test - Assessment criteria

30F: Additional criteria for goods service

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“Extra checks for people who want to run a goods transport business”

When deciding if someone is fit and proper to run a goods service, the Director must look at some extra things. These are on top of what they already check for all transport services.

The Director will look closely at any crimes the person might have done while working in transport or a job related to transport. This could be any kind of transport service or business.

The Director will also look at whether the person has broken any big transport laws. They’re especially interested in laws about safety and road user charges.

These checks help the Director decide if the person can be trusted to run a goods service safely and follow the rules.

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Part 4A Transport services licensing
Fit and proper person test: Assessment criteria

30FAdditional criteria for goods service

  1. Without in any way limiting the matters that the Director may have regard to under section 30C(2), when the Director is assessing whether or not a person is a fit and proper person in relation to any goods service, the Director must consider, in particular,—

  2. any criminal activity conducted in the course of any transport service or transport-related business or employment:
    1. any offending in respect of major transport-related offences, particularly offences relating to safety or to road user charges.

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      Notes
      • Section 30F: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77).
      • Section 30F: amended, on , by section 43 of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).