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Land Transport Act 1998

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

180: Category 1 light vehicle importer may transfer carbon dioxide credits

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“People who bring cars into New Zealand can share their carbon credits with others”

If you bring new vehicles into New Zealand, you can give your carbon dioxide credits to another person who also brings in new vehicles. This follows the rules set by the government.

If you bring used vehicles into New Zealand, you can give your carbon dioxide credits to another person who also brings in used vehicles. This also follows the government’s rules.

You can’t give credits between new and used vehicle accounts. This means if you have credits for new vehicles, you can’t give them to someone who brings in used vehicles, and the other way around.

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

180Category 1 light vehicle importer may transfer carbon dioxide credits

  1. A category 1 light vehicle importer who imports new vehicles may transfer carbon dioxide credits in their carbon dioxide account to the carbon dioxide account of another light vehicle importer who imports new vehicles, in accordance with the regulations.

  2. A category 1 light vehicle importer who imports used vehicles may transfer carbon dioxide credits in their carbon dioxide account to the carbon dioxide account of another light vehicle importer who imports used vehicles, in accordance with the regulations.

  3. No transfer may be made under subsection (1) or (2) between a carbon dioxide account relating to new vehicles and a carbon dioxide account relating to used vehicles.

Notes
  • Section 180: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 2).