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 notice is administered by the New Zealand Police.

Pursuant to section 67(2) of the Land Transport Act 1998, the Minister of Police gives the following notice.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Interpretation
4	Blood test fee (alcohol)
5	Blood test fee (1 or more qualifying drugs)
6	GST included
7	Revocation
	Explanatory note
	Gazette Information
	Notes

Notice

1 Title

This notice is the Land Transport (Blood Test Fee) Notice 2018.

2 Commencement

This notice comes into force on 16 July 2018.

3 Interpretation

(1)

In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires, Act means the Land Transport Act 1998.

(2)

Terms or expressions used but not defined in this notice but defined in the Act have, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning as in the Act.

4 Blood test fee (alcohol)

For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the fee for a blood test to determine whether alcohol is present in a blood specimen is $111.99.

5 Blood test fee (1 or more qualifying drugs)

For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the fee for a blood test to determine whether 1 or more qualifying drugs are present in a blood specimen is $668.94.

6 GST included

The blood test fees prescribed by clauses 4 and 5 are inclusive of goods and services tax (if any).

7 Revocation

The Land Transport (Blood Test Fee) Notice 2014 (LI 2014/120) is revoked.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of July 2018.

Hon Stuart Nash,
Minister of Police.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice, which comes into force on 16 July 2018 and replaces the Land Transport (Blood Test Fee) Notice 2014, prescribes fees for 2 types of blood test carried out under the Land Transport Act 1998. The new alcohol blood test fee and qualifying drugs blood test fee reflect increased testing costs.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 12 July 2018.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Land Transport (Blood Test Fee) Notice 2018 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

Land Transport (Blood Test Fee) Notice 2023 (SL 2023/6): clause 7