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Land Transport Act 1998

Land transport secondary legislation

152: Power of Minister to make ordinary rules

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“Minister can make rules to keep transport safe and organised”

The Minister can make rules called ordinary rules for different purposes in land transport. These rules can be about making transport safer and setting up licenses for different types of transport. They can also help keep people secure when they travel.

The Minister can make rules to manage roads, bridges, and other transport structures. The rules can also help the economy grow and make it easier for people to get around.

The Minister can create rules to protect people’s health and look after the environment. These rules can be about anything that helps the Minister or the Transport Agency do their jobs better.

The Minister can also make rules about other things mentioned in the Land Transport Act.

When the Minister makes these rules, they become a type of law called secondary legislation. This means they need to be published in a certain way so people can find and read them.

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Part 11 Land transport secondary legislation

152Power of Minister to make ordinary rules

  1. The Minister may make rules (ordinary rules) for all or any of the following purposes:

  2. safety and licensing for any form of transport within the land transport system, including (but not limited to) technical requirements and standards:
    1. assisting land transport safety and security, including (but not limited to) personal security:
      1. providing for the appropriate management of infrastructure:
        1. assisting economic development:
          1. improving access and mobility:
            1. protecting and promoting public health:
              1. ensuring environmental sustainability:
                1. any matter related, or reasonably incidental, to any of the following:
                  1. the Minister’s objectives under section 169:
                    1. the Minister’s functions under section 169A:
                      1. the Agency’s objective under section 94 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003:
                        1. the Agency’s functions under section 95 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003:
                          1. the Director’s functions under section 104B of the Land Transport Management Act 2003:
                          2. any other matter contemplated by a provision of this Act.

                            1. Ordinary rules under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

                            Notes
                            • Section 152: substituted, on , by section 4 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 96).
                            • Section 152(1)(ba): inserted, on , by section 57 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 34).
                            • Section 152(1)(g): substituted, on , by section 50(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
                            • Section 152(1)(g)(v): inserted, on , by section 112 of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
                            • Section 152(2): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).