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Land Transport Act 1998

Clean vehicle standard - Preliminary provisions

174: Measurement and determination of carbon dioxide emissions

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“How to measure and figure out how much carbon dioxide cars produce”

The law explains how to measure the amount of carbon dioxide that cars and other small vehicles release when they are brought into New Zealand. This is important for the clean vehicle standard.

When measuring carbon dioxide emissions, you need to look at how many grams of carbon dioxide the vehicle releases for every kilometre it travels. The government has a special way of testing this, which they call the “approved test cycle”.

The exact amount of carbon dioxide emissions for a vehicle will be decided based on rules set by the government. These rules are written in regulations or other official documents.

Sometimes, a vehicle might have been tested using a different method than the one the government approves. In this case, the government has rules to figure out how much carbon dioxide the vehicle would have released if it had been tested using their approved method. They might need to make an estimate based on the information they have.

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Part 13 Clean vehicle standard
Preliminary provisions

174Measurement and determination of carbon dioxide emissions

  1. For the purposes of this Part, carbon dioxide emissions from imported light vehicles must be measured in grams per kilometre based on the approved test cycle.

  2. The carbon dioxide emissions of an imported light vehicle are the amount determined in accordance with the regulations or rules made under this Act.

  3. If the carbon dioxide emissions of a vehicle have been determined using a test cycle other than the approved test cycle, the carbon dioxide emissions of the vehicle must be determined in accordance with the regulations or rules made under this Act, which may include estimating the carbon dioxide emissions that would have been expected if the vehicle had been tested using the approved test cycle.

Notes
  • Section 174: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 2).