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Land Transport Act 1998

Clean vehicle standard - Information gathering and enforcement powers

195: Offence in relation to failure to collect data and keep records for purposes of clean vehicle standard

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“Breaking the rules about keeping clean vehicle records is against the law”

If you are a vehicle importer, you must follow the rules in section 194. This section is about collecting data and keeping records for the clean vehicle standard. If you don’t follow these rules and don’t have a good reason for not following them, you are breaking the law.

If you break this law and are found guilty, you can be punished. The punishment depends on whether you are an individual person or a company. If you are an individual, you might have to pay a fine of up to $15,000. If you are a company, you might have to pay a fine of up to $75,000.

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Part 13 Clean vehicle standard
Information gathering and enforcement powers

195Offence in relation to failure to collect data and keep records for purposes of clean vehicle standard

  1. A vehicle importer commits an offence against this Act if the vehicle importer, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with section 194.

  2. A person who is convicted of an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction,—

  3. in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $15,000:
    1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $75,000.

      Notes
      • Section 195: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 2).