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Land Transport Act 1998

Clean vehicle standard - Clean vehicle standard - Category 2 light vehicle importers: obligations and ways of complying with targets

181: Category 2 light vehicle importers: vehicle-by-vehicle compliance regime applies

You could also call this:

“Rules for importing vehicles: Check each one meets pollution targets”

If you are a category 2 light vehicle importer, you need to make sure that every vehicle you bring into New Zealand in a given year meets the target set for that type of vehicle. This means you have to check each vehicle individually to make sure it follows the rules.

The government has made special formulas to work out what the emissions targets should be for different types of vehicles. These formulas are written down in the rules (called regulations). There are two types of vehicles mentioned: Type A and Type B. The formulas help figure out how much pollution each type of vehicle is allowed to make.

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Part 13 Clean vehicle standard
Clean vehicle standard: Category 2 light vehicle importers: obligations and ways of complying with targets

181Category 2 light vehicle importers: vehicle-by-vehicle compliance regime applies

  1. A category 2 light vehicle importer must ensure that each vehicle they import in an obligation year complies with the category 2 light vehicle importer target that applies in respect of that vehicle.

  2. The vehicle emissions targets applicable in respect of Type A and Type B vehicles imported by a category 2 light vehicle importer must be calculated in accordance with the formulas prescribed by the regulations.

Notes
  • Section 181: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 2).