Land Transport Act 1998

Clean vehicle standard - Clean vehicle standard - Category 1 light vehicle importers: obligations and ways of complying with targets

176: Category 1 light vehicle importers: annual, fleet-based compliance regime applies

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"Rules for Importing Low Emission Vehicles in New Zealand"

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You are a category 1 light vehicle importer. You must meet targets every year. You have to check the carbon dioxide emissions of the vehicles you import. The emissions must be less than or equal to the target for your type of vehicles. You import Type A or Type B vehicles, or both. You must check the emissions for each type of vehicle. The target is calculated using a formula in the regulations. You can find more information about the regulations in the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Act 2022. You need to follow the rules to comply with the targets. The rules apply to the vehicles you import each year.

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175A: Minister must review targets, or

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177: Charges payable by category 1 light vehicle importer if carbon dioxide emissions targets exceeded, or

"Paying charges for importing vehicles with high carbon dioxide emissions"

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Clean vehicle standard: Category 1 light vehicle importers: obligations and ways of complying with targets

176Category 1 light vehicle importers: annual, fleet-based compliance regime applies

A category 1 light vehicle importer must comply with the targets on an annual basis in relation to the fleet of Type A vehicles, the fleet of Type B vehicles, or (if they imported both Type A and Type B vehicles) each of those fleets of vehicles they imported in the relevant obligation year.
The actual average vehicle carbon dioxide emissions across a fleet of vehicles imported by a category 1 light vehicle importer in an obligation year must be less than or equal to the category 1 light vehicle importer fleet target applicable to that importer for the relevant vehicle type of that fleet, calculated in accordance with the formula prescribed by the regulations.

Notes

Section 176: inserted, on 23 February 2022, by section 10 of the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 2).