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Land Transport Act 1998

Land transport secondary legislation - Director may grant exemptions from rules and regulations

168E: General provisions relating to exemptions

You could also call this:

“Rules for making exceptions to transport laws”

This law is about how the Director can make exceptions to rules and regulations. Here’s what you need to know:

The Director can give exemptions from certain rules. When giving an exemption, the Director can set any terms and conditions they think are right. They can also change or cancel an exemption, or give a new one to replace an old one.

The Director can decide how long an exemption lasts. It could be for a set time or it could go on forever. If the Director doesn’t say when it ends, the exemption will keep going until it’s replaced or cancelled.

An exemption starts working from the date the Director says it does. If it’s for a group of people (called a class exemption), it can’t start before it’s officially published.

If you don’t follow the terms of an exemption, it’s the same as breaking the original rule, unless the exemption says otherwise.

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Part 11 Land transport secondary legislation
Director may grant exemptions from rules and regulations

168EGeneral provisions relating to exemptions

  1. This section applies to exemptions under section 168D.

  2. The Director may—

  3. grant an exemption on any terms and conditions that the Director thinks fit:
    1. amend or revoke an exemption:
      1. grant an exemption for an indefinite or limited period:
        1. replace an exemption either before or when it expires.

          1. An exemption takes effect from the date specified in the exemption (which, for a class exemption, must not be a date earlier than the date on which the exemption is published under the Legislation Act 2019).

          2. An exemption granted for a limited period expires (unless it is sooner replaced or revoked) on the date specified in the exemption.

          3. If the term of an exemption is not specified in the exemption, it has effect for an indefinite period (or until it is replaced or revoked).

          4. The breach of a term or condition of an exemption is a breach of the relevant provision in the regulation or rule to which the exemption relates (unless the terms of the exemption provide otherwise).

          Notes
          • Section 168E: inserted, on , by section 12 of the Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 9).