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Land Transport Act 1998

Motor vehicle registration and licensing - Regulations

269A: Additional fee for certain RUC vehicles

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“Extra charge for some vehicles that don't pay normal road fees”

The Governor-General can set an extra fee for some vehicles that don’t have to pay road user charges. This fee can be for all these vehicles or just some types of them. The fee is treated as money for land transport and is set based on how much the vehicles use the road and how much they might cost the road system. You have to pay this fee on top of your normal vehicle licence or trade plate fee. The fee can be different for different types of vehicles. When the Governor-General makes an order about this fee, it becomes a type of law that needs to be confirmed by an Act of Parliament.

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Part 17 Motor vehicle registration and licensing
Regulations

269AAdditional fee for certain RUC vehicles

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, prescribe an additional fee payable in respect of—

  2. all RUC vehicles (within the meaning of the Road User Charges Act 2012) that are operated on road and that are exempt from paying road user charges under section 38 or 38A of that Act; or
    1. 1 or more classes of RUC vehicles that are operated on road and that are exempt from paying road user charges under section 38 or 38A of that Act.

      1. The additional fee—

      2. is to be treated as land transport revenue for the purposes of the Land Transport Management Act 2003; and
        1. is to be set having regard to—
          1. the extent of the use of the vehicles on road; and
            1. the likely costs that the vehicles generate when used on road; and
            2. is payable in addition to the fee payable in respect of an application for the licence for a motor vehicle or for the issue of trade plates (as the case may be).

              1. An additional fee prescribed under subsection (1) may be set at different levels for different classes of vehicles (whether licensed or operating under trade plates).

              2. An order under this section—

              3. is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements); and
                1. must be confirmed by an Act (see subpart 3 of Part 5 of the Legislation Act 2019).

                  Notes
                  • Section 269A: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 22).
                  • Section 269A(4): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).