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Land Transport Act 1998

Clean vehicle standard - Clean vehicle standard - Carbon dioxide accounts: general provisions

187: Carbon dioxide account information required for vehicle importation

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“Information about a car's pollution needed when bringing it to New Zealand”

Starting from 1 December 2022, when you want to bring a Type A or Type B vehicle into New Zealand, you need to do two important things. First, you must give the Director the number of your carbon dioxide account. Second, you need to make sure that the amount of carbon dioxide the vehicle produces is written down in your carbon dioxide account. If you don’t do these two things, the vehicle won’t be allowed to enter New Zealand under this law.

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Part 13 Clean vehicle standard
Clean vehicle standard: Carbon dioxide accounts: general provisions

187Carbon dioxide account information required for vehicle importation

  1. On and after 1 December 2022, no Type A or Type B vehicle may be certified for entry under this Act, unless—

  2. the carbon dioxide account number of the vehicle importer has been provided to the Director; and
    1. the carbon dioxide emissions of the vehicle have been recorded in the vehicle importer’s carbon dioxide account.

      Notes
      • Section 187: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 2).
      • Section 187: amended, on , by section 6 of the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Act (No 2) 2022 (2022 No 64).