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Land Transport Act 1998

Administrative provisions - Powers and additional functions of Authority and Director

199A: Register of transport service licences

You could also call this:

“A list of people who have permission to run transport services”

The Agency keeps a register of transport service licences. This register includes important information about each licence holder. The information includes the holder’s name, date of birth (if they’re a person), address, and electronic address if known. It also includes details about any person in control of the licence, like their name, address, and electronic address if known.

The register shows the licence number, when it was issued, and what types of transport services it covers. It includes any safety ratings, conditions on the licence, and information about suspensions or cancellations. The register also records if the licence holder has been disqualified or had a disqualification removed, and when any changes were made to the licence.

If you want to see information from the register, you can ask the Agency and pay a fee if required. If the licence holder agrees, you can see all their information. Without their agreement, you can only see their name and some basic details about their licence.

When you ask for information, you need to describe the person clearly so the Agency can find the right records. You can ask for the information in writing, electronically, or by talking to someone. The Agency can give you the information in the same ways.

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Part 14 Administrative provisions
Powers and additional functions of Authority and Director

199ARegister of transport service licences

  1. The Agency must continue and maintain the register of transport service licences that was established under section 29 of the Transport Services Licensing Act 1989.

  2. The register must show for each licence the following information:

  3. the holder's full name:
    1. if the holder is a natural person, the holder's date of birth:
      1. the holder's business or residential address:
        1. the holder’s business or personal electronic address (if they have an electronic address that is known to the Agency):
          1. the full name and address of any person in control:
            1. the business or personal electronic address of any person in control (if they have an electronic address that is known to the Agency):
              1. the number of the licence:
                1. the date of issue of the licence:
                  1. the class or classes of transport services to which the licence applies:
                    1. information about any operator safety rating, or other similar information, specified in the regulations or the rules:
                      1. any conditions applying to the licence:
                        1. information about any revocation, suspension, or surrender:
                          1. information about any order of disqualification made against the holder of the licence under this Act or any former enactment:
                            1. information about any order removing a disqualification imposed on the holder under this Act or any former enactment:
                              1. the dates of any amendments to the licence.

                                1. Repealed

                                2. A person who applies to the Agency and pays the prescribed fee (if any)—

                                3. is, with the consent of the holder of the transport service licence named in the application, entitled to the information stored in the register in respect of the licence holder; but
                                  1. is, without the consent of the holder of the transport service licence named in the application, entitled only to the information stored in the register in respect of the licence holder that is specified in subsection (2)(a) and (g) to (l).

                                    1. An application under subsection (4)—

                                    2. may be made in writing or electronically or orally; and
                                      1. must describe the person named with sufficient particularity to enable the Agency to identify the person and the licences concerned.

                                        1. Information requested under subsection (4) may be given in writing or electronically or orally.

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                                        Notes
                                        • Section 199A: inserted, on , by section 83 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77).
                                        • Section 199A(1): amended, on , by section 50(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
                                        • Section 199A(2)(ca): inserted, on , by section 32(1) of the Land Transport (Road Safety) Amendment Act 2023 (2023 No 62).
                                        • Section 199A(2)(da): inserted, on , by section 32(2) of the Land Transport (Road Safety) Amendment Act 2023 (2023 No 62).
                                        • Section 199A(3): repealed, on , by section 88(1) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 34).
                                        • Section 199A(4): amended, on , by section 50(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
                                        • Section 199A(4)(b): replaced, on , by section 88(2) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 34).
                                        • Section 199A(5)(b): amended, on , by section 50(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).