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Land Transport Act 1998

Clean vehicle standard - Clean vehicle standard - Opening, closing, and suspension of carbon dioxide accounts

192: Director may suspend carbon dioxide accounts

You could also call this:

“Director can pause your carbon account if you break rules or to keep things fair”

The Director can stop your carbon dioxide account from working for up to 5 years in two situations. First, if you don’t follow the rules in this part of the law or the regulations, and the Director tells you about it. Second, if you’ve been found guilty of breaking the rules in this part of the law, and the Director thinks stopping your account is needed to keep the clean vehicle standard fair and honest.

If the Director wants to stop your account because you didn’t follow the rules, they must tell you in writing first. They also need to give you enough time to fix the problem before they stop your account.

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Part 13 Clean vehicle standard
Clean vehicle standard: Opening, closing, and suspension of carbon dioxide accounts

192Director may suspend carbon dioxide accounts

  1. The Director may suspend the operation of a carbon dioxide account for a period not exceeding 5 years if—

  2. the Director is satisfied that the account holder has failed to comply with specified provisions of this Part or the regulations and the Director has given the account holder reasonable notice; or
    1. the account holder has been convicted of an offence under this Part and the Director considers suspension of the account for the relevant period to be necessary for the purpose of maintaining the integrity of the clean vehicle standard.

      1. For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), reasonable notice means notice in writing to the account holder of the Director’s intention to suspend the account and sufficient opportunity in the circumstances for the account holder to comply with the specified provisions of this Part or the regulations.

      Notes
      • Section 192: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 2).