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Land Transport Act 1998

Transport services licensing - Licensing of transport services

30O: Term of transport service licence

You could also call this:

“How long a transport service licence lasts and how it can end”

When you get a transport service licence, it starts working on the day you receive it. This licence keeps working until you give it up, it’s considered given up, or it’s taken away.

You can give up your licence at any time by writing to the Agency or the Director. If you don’t use any vehicles with your licence for two years, it’s treated as if you’ve given it up.

Some groups can’t have their licences stopped or taken away. These groups are the New Zealand Defence Force, Fire and Emergency New Zealand, the Police, and any emergency service group that the Director approves.

If you’re not sure what the Agency, the Director, or a transport service licence is, you can ask an adult to help explain these terms to you.

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Part 4A Transport services licensing
Licensing of transport services

30OTerm of transport service licence

  1. A transport service licence takes effect on the day it is granted and continues in force until it is—

  2. surrendered under subsection (2); or
    1. deemed to be surrendered under subsection (3); or
      1. revoked under section 30S.

        1. The holder of a transport service licence may surrender the transport service licence at any time by written notice to the Agency or the Director.

        2. If no vehicle has been operated under a transport service licence for a period of 2 years, the licence is deemed to have been surrendered.

        3. No transport service licence for a transport service operated by any of the following may be suspended or revoked for any reason:

        4. the New Zealand Defence Force; or
          1. Fire and Emergency New Zealand; or
            1. the Police; or
              1. any emergency service organisation approved by the Director for the purposes of this section.

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                Notes
                • Section 30O: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77).
                • Section 30O(2): amended, on , by section 49(1) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
                • Section 30O(2): amended, on , by section 50(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
                • Section 30O(4)(a): amended, on , by section 50 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 34).
                • Section 30O(4)(b): replaced, on , by section 197 of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 (2017 No 17).
                • Section 30O(4)(d): amended, on , by section 49(2) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).