Road User Charges (Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Act 2024
Road User Charges (Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Act 2024
Road User Charges (Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Act 2024: repealed, on 1 July 2024, by section 3.
Road User Charges (Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Act 2024
Version as at 1 July 2024

Road User Charges (Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Act 2024
Public Act |
2024 No 12 |
|
Date of assent |
28 March 2024 |
|
Commencement |
see section 2 |
Road User Charges (Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Act 2024: repealed, on 1 July 2024, by section 3.
Note
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Transport..
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Road User Charges (Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Act 2024.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on 1 April 2024.
3 Repeal of this Act
This Act is repealed on 1 July 2024.
Part 1 Amendments to Road User Charges Act 2012
4 Principal Act
This Part amends the Road User Charges Act 2012.
5 Section 5 amended (Interpretation)
(1)
In section 5(1), insert in their appropriate alphabetical order:
plug-in hybrid electric RUC vehicle means a light electric RUC vehicle with motive power partly derived from petrol and partly derived from an external source of electricity
very light electric RUC vehicle means a RUC vehicle with—
(a)
a gross vehicle mass of 1 000 kilograms or less; and
(b)
motive power wholly or partly derived from an external source of electricity
Examples
An electric motorcycle or an electric moped.
(2)
In section 5(1), definition of light electric RUC vehicle, replace paragraph (a) with:
(a)
a gross vehicle mass of more than 1 000 kilograms but not more than 3 500 kilograms; and
(3)
In section 5(1), definition of light RUC vehicle, after paragraph (b), insert:
(c)
does not include a very light electric RUC vehicle
6 New section 6AA inserted (Transitional, savings, and related provisions)
After section 6, insert:
6AA Transitional, savings, and related provisions
The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1AA have effect according to their terms.
7 Section 85 amended (Regulations specifying rates of road user charges)
After section 85(2), insert:
(2A)
For the purposes of subsection (2)(a), regulations made under subsection (1) may specify, for plug-in hybrid electric RUC vehicles, a reduced rate that takes into account any excise duty or excise-equivalent duty payable under the Customs and Excise Act 2018 in relation to the amount of petrol likely to be used by the vehicle type.
8 New Schedule 1AA inserted
Insert the Schedule 1AA set out in Schedule 1 of this Act as the first schedule to appear after the last section of the principal Act.
Part 2 Amendments to, and revocation of, secondary legislation
Subpart 1—Amendments to Road User Charges Regulations 2012
9 Principal regulations
This subpart amends the Road User Charges Regulations 2012.
10 New regulation 3A inserted (Transitional, savings, and related provisions)
After regulation 3, insert:
3A Transitional, savings, and related provisions
The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1 have effect according to their terms.
11 Regulation 4 amended (RUC vehicle types and RUC weight bands)
In regulation 4(1), (2), and (2A), replace “the Schedule”
with “Schedule 2”
.
12 New Schedule 1 inserted
Insert the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 2 of this Act as the first schedule to appear after the last provision of the principal regulations.
13 Schedule amended
(1)
In the Schedule heading, replace “Schedule”
with “Schedule 2”
.
(2)
In the Schedule, Part 1, table, item relating to RUC vehicle type 1, replace “type 2 or 299”
with “type 12, 2, or 299”
.
(3)
In the Schedule, Part 1, table, after the item relating to RUC vehicle type 1, insert:
| 12 | RUC weight of not more than 3 500 kg | Powered plug-in hybrid electric RUC vehicle with 2 axles |
Subpart 2—Amendments to Road User Charges (Rates) Regulations 2015
14 Principal regulations
This subpart amends the Road User Charges (Rates) Regulations 2015.
15 Schedule 1 amended
(1)
In Schedule 1, table, item relating to RUC vehicle type 1, replace “type 2 or type 299”
with “type 12, 2, or 299”
.
(2)
In Schedule 1, table, after the item relating to RUC vehicle type 1, insert:
| 12 | Powered plug-in hybrid electric RUC vehicle with 2 axles |
RUC weight of not more than 3,500 kg |
38 |
Subpart 3—Revocation of Road User Charges (Exemption Period for Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Order 2012
16 Revocation
The Road User Charges (Exemption Period for Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Order 2012 (SR 2012/140) is revoked.
Subpart 4—Amendment to Road User Charges (Classes of RUC Vehicles) Exemption Order 2012
17 Principal order
This subpart amends the Road User Charges (Classes of RUC Vehicles) Exemption Order 2012.
18 Clause 3 amended (Interpretation)
In clause 3(1), definition of all-terrain vehicle, replace paragraph (c) with:
(c)
is powered by either or both of the following:
(i)
an internal combustion engine with an engine capacity exceeding 50 ml:
(ii)
an electric motor with an output exceeding 4 kW; and
Subpart 5—Amendment to Land Transport Management (Apportionment and Refund of Excise Duty and Excise-Equivalent Duty) Regulations 2004
19 Principal regulations
20 Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)
In regulation 3(1), replace the definition of licensed vehicle with:
licensed vehicle means a motor vehicle—
(a)
that is required to be licensed under the Road User Charges Act 2012 (other than a plug-in hybrid electric RUC vehicle within the meaning of that Act); and
(b)
to which a licence within the meaning of that Act relates at all times during any period in respect of which a refund is applied for under section 41 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003
Subpart 6—Amendment to Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Standards Compliance 2002
21 Principal rule
This subpart amends the Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Standards Compliance 2002.
22 Part 2 amended
In Part 2, definition of All-terrain vehicle, replace paragraph (c) with:
(c)
is powered by either or both of the following:
(i)
an internal combustion engine with an engine capacity exceeding 50 ml:
(ii)
a power source (other than an internal combustion engine) with an output exceeding 4 kW; and
Subpart 7—Amendment to Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004
23 Principal rule
This subpart amends the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004.
24 Clause 1.6 amended (Interpretation)
In clause 1.6, definition of all terrain vehicle, replace paragraph (c) with:
(c)
is powered by either or both of the following:
(i)
an internal combustion engine with an engine capacity exceeding 50 ml:
(ii)
an electric motor with an output exceeding 4 kW; and
Subpart 8—Amendment to Land Transport (Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2011
25 Principal regulations
This subpart amends the Land Transport (Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2011.
26 Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)
In regulation 3, definition of all-terrain vehicle, after “given”
, insert “for All-terrain vehicle”
.
Schedule 1 New Schedule 1AA inserted into Road User Charges Act 2012
Schedule 1AA Transitional, savings, and related provisions
s 6AA
Part 1 Provisions relating to Road User Charges (Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Act 2024
1 Interpretation
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—
exempt light electric RUC vehicle means a light electric RUC vehicle—
(a)
registered under Part 17 of the Land Transport Act 1998 on or before 31 March 2024; and
(b)
for which a distance licence has not previously been issued
transition period means the period between 1 April 2024 and 31 May 2024.
2 No licence held
(1)
This clause applies to a person who, during the transition period, operates a light electric RUC vehicle that—
(a)
is an exempt light electric RUC vehicle; and
(b)
does not have a distance licence that complies with section 9(2).
(2)
The person does not commit an offence against section 9(4)(a) if a distance licence that complies with section 9(2) is issued by the end of the transition period.
3 No licence displayed or carried
(1)
This clause applies to a person who, during the transition period, operates a light electric RUC vehicle that was an exempt light electric RUC vehicle without displaying or carrying a RUC licence in accordance with section 19(1).
(2)
The person does not commit an offence against section 19(2) if a RUC licence is displayed or carried in accordance with section 19(1) by the end of the transition period.
Schedule 2 New Schedule 1 inserted into Road User Charges Regulations 2012
Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions
r 3A
Part 1 Provisions relating to Road User Charges (Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Act 2024
1 Application for distance licence for light electric RUC vehicle
(1)
This clause applies to an application for a distance licence made on or after 1 April 2024 in relation to a light electric RUC vehicle—
(a)
registered under Part 17 of the Land Transport Act 1998 on or before 31 March 2024; and
(b)
for which a distance licence has not previously been issued.
(2)
The application must, in addition to containing the information required by regulation 7, specify the distance travelled by the vehicle as recorded by the vehicle’s distance recorder on the date of the application.
Notes
1 General
This is a consolidation of the Road User Charges (Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Act 2024 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.
2 Legal status
A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.
Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.
3 Editorial and format changes
The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.
4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation
Road User Charges (Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 12): section 3