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).

  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), 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.

  Section 15(1): amended, on 1 April 1988, by section 3 of the Road User Charges Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 46).

  Section 15(1): amended, on 28 October 1986, by section 5(a) of the Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 (1986 No 77).

  Section 15(1): amended, on 28 October 1986, by section 5(b) of the Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 (1986 No 77).

  Section 15(2): amended, on 23 November 1979, by section 5(3) of the Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 65).

  Section 15(3): added, on 1 October 1989, by section 6 of the Road User Charges Amendment Act 1989 (1989 No 79).