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Land Transport Act 1998

Transport services licensing - Licensing of transport services

30L: Grant of licence

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"Getting a Transport Service Licence"

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The Director can grant you a transport service licence if they think you are a fit and proper person to hold one. You must meet some requirements, like having the right certificate if needed. The Director must also be satisfied that you have complied with all the relevant rules and regulations. The Director has to consider some matters when deciding if you are a fit and proper person, which are specified in subpart 2. If you want a small passenger service licence, the Director must be satisfied that you or your representative lives in New Zealand. You or your representative must also be a fit and proper person. If the Director decides not to grant you a transport service licence, subpart 5 applies to that decision. You have to make sure you meet all the requirements before the Director can grant you a licence. The Director looks at who will control the transport service and checks if they are fit and proper persons.

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Part 4ATransport services licensing
Licensing of transport services

30LGrant of licence

  1. After considering an application for a transport service licence, the Director may grant the licence only if the Director is satisfied that—

  2. the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a transport service licence; and
    1. any person who is to have, or is likely to have, control of the transport service is a fit and proper person to have such control; and
      1. any representative meeting the requirements of subsection (1A)(b) is a fit and proper person to be a representative; and
        1. the applicant or any person who is to have control of the transport service is the holder of the appropriate certificate (if any) required by the regulations or the rules; and
          1. all relevant requirements of this Act, the regulations, and the rules have been complied with.

            1. The Director may grant a small passenger service licence only if the Director is satisfied that—

            2. a person who is to have control of the small passenger service in New Zealand lives in New Zealand; or
              1. the small passenger service operator has a representative who lives in New Zealand.

                1. In determining whether or not a person is a fit and proper person in relation to any transport service, the Director must consider the matters specified in subpart 2.

                2. Subpart 5 applies to a decision not to grant a transport service licence.

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                Notes
                • Section 30L: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77).
                • Section 30L(1): replaced, on , by section 67(1) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 34).
                • Section 30L(1): amended, on , by section 47(1) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
                • Section 30L(1A): inserted, on , by section 67(1) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 34).
                • Section 30L(1A): amended, on , by section 47(2) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
                • Section 30L(2): amended, on , by section 47(3) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
                • Section 30L(2): amended, on , by section 67(2) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 34).