New Zealand Legislation: Acts

15 Refund of current distance licence charge where new distance licence issued

• (1) Where 2 current distance licences that relate to the same motor vehicle both apply to a common distance and the maximum gross weight specified in the licence issued last is greater than or equal to that specified in the licence issued first, the chief executive shall, as soon as practicable after the issue of the licence issued last, refund or cause to be refunded to the applicant for the licence issued last a refund calculated in accordance with subsection (2) of this section.

  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, the refund of a road user charge shall be the amount arrived at by multiplying the distance in kilometres common to both licences by the road user charge per kilometre for the licence issued first.

  (3) No refund of a road user charge shall be made under this section after the expiry of 2 years from the date of issue of the distance licence issued first, unless—

  • (a) The distance licence issued last is issued before the expiry of that 2-year period; or

  • (b) The chief executive otherwise determines, in any particular case.

  Subsection (1) was amended, as from 28 October 1986, by section 5 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 (1986 No 77) by inserting the words “current” and “or equal to” and further amended, as from 1 April 1988, by section 3 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 46) by substituting the words “chief executive” for the word “Commissioner”.

  Subsection (2) was amended, as from 23 November 1979, by section 5(3) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 65) by substituting the words “distance in kilometres ... per kilometre” for the words “distance common to both licences by the road user charge rate”.

  Subsection (3) was inserted, as from 1 October 1989, by section 6 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 (1989 No 79).