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Land Transport Act 1998

Proceedings enforcing responsibilities - Evidence

147A: Certification of accuracy of alternative weighing technology

You could also call this:

“Checking if special vehicle weighing tools work correctly”

You can use special technology to weigh vehicles. This technology is called ‘alternative weighing technology’. It can measure how much a vehicle weighs or how much weight is on each of its axles.

For this technology to be used officially, it needs to be checked and certified as accurate. Different people can do this check:

  • An Inspector of Weights and Measures
  • Someone accredited under the Weights and Measures Act 1987
  • An employee of a laboratory approved by the Science Minister
  • Anyone else approved by the Minister

When the technology is certified, the certificate will include its serial number or where it’s located. This helps identify which specific technology was checked.

If the technology has been certified within the last 12 months, you can use it to investigate possible offences against the Land Transport Act or the Road User Charges Act 2012. You can also use it to decide if an offence has actually been committed under these laws.

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Part 10 Proceedings enforcing responsibilities
Evidence

147ACertification of accuracy of alternative weighing technology

  1. Alternative weighing technology may be certified as having been tested and found to be accurate if, on a specified date, it was tested and found to be accurate by—

  2. an Inspector of Weights and Measures; or
    1. an accredited person (within the meaning of the Weights and Measures Act 1987); or
      1. an employee of a laboratory for the time being approved for the purpose by the Science Minister by notice in the Gazette; or
        1. any other person who is approved for the purpose by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

          1. A certificate issued under subsection (1) sufficiently identifies the alternative weighing technology to which it refers if it contains the serial number of the technology or if it refers to the location of the technology.

          2. For the purposes of this section, alternative weighing technology means technology that—

          3. is capable of measuring the mass of a vehicle or the mass on each axle of a vehicle; and
            1. is not described in section 147(4).

              1. If alternative weighing technology has been certified under subsection (1) on a date not more than 12 months earlier than the date of the use of the technology, the technology—

              2. may be used to assess whether to investigate a possible offence against this Act or an offence against the Road User Charges Act 2012 (or any regulations made under those Acts); or
                1. may be used to assess whether such an offence has been committed.

                  Notes
                  • Section 147A: inserted, on , by section 56 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 34).