New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 10 May 2011
| Public Act | 1977 No 124 |
| Date of assent | 23 December 1977 |
| Commencement | see section 1 |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Transport.
1 Short Title and commencement
4 Motor vehicles exempted from this Act
Motor vehicles not to be on road unless licensed under this Act
5 Certain motor vehicles to have distance licences
6 Certain motor vehicles to have time licences
7 Weight limit of distance licence may be increased by supplementary licence
10A Current licence to be delivered to purchaser on sale of vehicle
11 Issue of new licence where mistake made
12 Issue of duplicate licence on loss, etc, of original licence [Repealed]
13 Issue of new licence where distance recorder replaced [Repealed]
Refunds and surrender of licences
14 Refund of distance licence charge where supplementary licence issued
15 Refund of current distance licence charge where new distance licence issued
16 Refunds and remissions for off-road travel
16A Remission of debt where off-road travel [Repealed]
17 Surrender of road user licences
17A Verification of application for refund or remission
18 Further provisions relating to refunds
Inquiry and assessment by District Court Judge
18A District Court Judge may hold inquiry on application of chief executive
18B Provisions relating to inquiries
18C District Court Judge may make assessment
18D District Court Judge may make assessment by consent
20 Power to alter rates of road user charges by Order in Council
21 Distance and supplementary licences for certain motor vehicles become invalid 1 month after road user charge rate increased
21A Additional charges for default in payment of amounts due under principal Act
22 Road user charges to be paid into national land transport fund
22AA Other amounts received under this Act
22A Restrictions on fitting and repair of hubodometers
22B Restrictions on sale of hubodometers
22C Removal and retention of hubodometers for enforcement purposes
23B Admissibility of certain statements
23D Delegation of chief executive's functions or powers to persons outside Ministry
24 Regulations and Orders in Council
Part 2
Amendments to other Acts
Amendments to Transport Act 1962
25 Powers of constables and traffic officers
26 Repeal of provisions relating to heavy-traffic licences
27 Refund of motor spirits duty [Repealed]
28 Amount of motor spirits duty credited to Consolidated Revenue Account, and refunds of such duty, may be altered by Order in Council [Repealed]
29 Repeal of provisions relating to mileage tax [Repealed]
30 Evidence of testing and accuracy of weighing devices [Repealed]
Amendments to National Roads Act 1953
32 Board to submit budget to Minister each year [Repealed]
33 Amount payable to local authorities for collection of heavy-traffic fees [Repealed]
34 National Roads Fund [Repealed]
35 Allocation of estimated revenue of Fund [Repealed]
36 Board to prepare programme of road works [Repealed]
Schedule 1
Vehicle type numbers for distance and supplementary licences
Schedule 2
Off-road motor vehicles
An Act to impose a charge for the use of roads by heavy vehicles and certain other vehicles; and to abolish mileage tax and heavy-traffic licensing
