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Land Transport Act 1998

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168: Regulations relating to fees and charges for land transport

You could also call this:

“Rules for paying for roads and transport services”

The government can make rules about fees and charges for land transport. These rules can be used to:

  1. Pay for setting up and running things like roads and services for land transport.

  2. Cover the costs of the government agency (called the Agency) and the Director when they do their jobs related to land transport.

  3. Help regional councils pay for processing information about certain transport services.

The rules can set different fees for different types of people, vehicles, or things. They can also change the fees based on when or how much something is used.

The rules can let people who do official land transport jobs (like checking vehicles) charge a fair price for their work.

The rules can also say:

  • Who pays the fees and who gets them
  • How to work out the fees
  • Extra charges for work done outside normal hours
  • Charges for travel and other expenses
  • When fees can be given back or reduced
  • When fees need to be paid
  • Discounts for paying early or penalties for paying late
  • What information people need to give when they pay fees
  • Which fees are counted as land transport money

These rules help make sure that the land transport system has the money it needs to work properly.

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Part 11 Land transport secondary legislation
Regulations

168Regulations relating to fees and charges for land transport

  1. Without limiting the generality of section 167(1)(j), regulations may be made under that provision prescribing, or providing for the fixing of, fees and charges payable for all or any of the following purposes:

  2. to provide funds for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of facilities, works, goods, and services under this Act or any other land transport Act:
    1. to meet, or assist in meeting, the costs and expenses incurred by the Agency, the Director, or the Crown in the exercise of functions or powers, the performance of duties, or the provision of services under any legislation specified in paragraph (a):
      1. to meet, or assist in meeting, the costs incurred by a regional council in processing notifications of the commencement, variation, or withdrawal of exempt services under the Land Transport Management Act 2003.

        1. Different rates of fees or charges, or both, may be so prescribed or fixed in respect of different classes of persons, vehicles, products, or any other property or item, or on the basis of different times of use, or different distances, or on any other differential basis.

        2. Regulations under section 167(1)(j) may authorise persons carrying out statutory functions concerning land transport (such as persons issuing evidence of vehicle inspection) to charge a reasonable fee for the service or work performed.

        3. Any regulation under section 167(1)(j) may—

        4. specify the persons by whom, and to whom, any fees or charges, or both, are payable:
          1. prescribe fees and charges payable, or provide for their fixing (including a means by which they may be calculated and ascertained, or a rate at which they may be calculated or ascertained):
            1. provide for the imposition by the person to whom the fees are payable of reasonable charges in connection with the administration of any payment:
              1. prescribe, or provide for the fixing of, additional fees or charges, or both, for services or work carried out outside normal working hours, at weekends, or on statutory holidays:
                1. prescribe, or provide for the fixing of, charges for reimbursement of travelling time, accommodation, and other expenses:
                  1. provide for the refund, waiver, or rebate or enabling the refund, waiver, or rebate, of any fee or charge, or both:
                    1. fix, or empower the fixing of, a date by which any fee or charge is to be paid:
                      1. fix, or enable the fixing of, discounts for early payment of any fee or charge, and penalties for late payment:
                        1. prescribe any returns, and the conditions relating to such returns, to be made by persons by whom any fees, charges, or penalties are payable:
                          1. identify those fees and charges that are land transport revenue for the purposes of the Land Transport Management Act 2003.

                            1. Repealed

                            2. Repealed
                            Notes
                            • Section 168(1)(a): amended, on , by section 119(1) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
                            • Section 168(1)(a): amended, on , by section 94 of the Road User Charges Act 2012 (2012 No 1).
                            • Section 168(1)(a): amended, on , by section 88 of the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 13).
                            • Section 168(1)(a): amended, on , by section 35(1) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 17).
                            • Section 168(1)(a): amended, on , by section 90 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003 (2003 No 118).
                            • Section 168(b): replaced, on , by section 119(2) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
                            • Section 168(1)(c): added, on , by section 63(2) of the Public Transport Management Act 2008 (2008 No 87).
                            • Section 168(1)(c): amended, on , by section 72 of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 35).
                            • Section 168(2): amended, on , by section 79(2) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77).
                            • Section 168(4)(aa): inserted, on , by section 99 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 34).
                            • Section 168(4)(ab): inserted, on , by section 99 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 34).
                            • Section 168(4)(h): inserted, on , by section 18 of the Land Transport (Rail) Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 33).
                            • Section 168(5): repealed, on , by section 103(3) of the Railways Act 2005 (2005 No 37).
                            • Section 168(6): repealed, on , by section 94 of the Road User Charges Act 2012 (2012 No 1).