Land Transport Act 1998

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

179: Category 1 light vehicle importer may defer obligation

You could also call this:

"Delaying rules for importing light vehicles in New Zealand"

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You are a category 1 light vehicle importer. You can ask to delay meeting your fleet target for one year. You do this by applying to the Director, following the rules. If you delay, you must meet both years' targets by the end of the second year. You must meet both the first and second year's fleet targets by the end of the second year. If you do not meet these targets, you will have to pay charges as stated in section 177. This is what happens if you do not meet the targets.

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Part 13Clean vehicle standard
Clean vehicle standard: Category 1 light vehicle importers: obligations and ways of complying with targets

179Category 1 light vehicle importer may defer obligation

Repealed
A category 1 light vehicle importer may apply to the Director, in accordance with the regulations, to defer their obligation to meet the category 1 light vehicle importer fleet target for an applicable obligation year (year 1) until the following obligation year (year 2).
If a category 1 light vehicle importer defers their year 1 obligation until year 2, the importer must, at the end of year 2, ensure that they have met or bettered both the year 1 and the year 2 fleet targets.
If the vehicle importer does not meet the year 1 and year 2 fleet targets, the charges in section 177 apply.

Notes

Section 179: inserted, on 23 February 2022, by section 10 of the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 2).
Section 179(1): repealed, on 1 January 2026, by section 8 of the Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 73).