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65P Procedure for recommending making of Order in Council under section 65O(1)

• (1) The responsible Ministers must not recommend the making of an Order in Council under section 65O(1) unless the responsible Ministers are satisfied that the following have been correctly considered:

  • (a) the matters set out in section 65J; and

  • (b) the impact of the proposed regional fuel tax scheme on the national land transport programme; and

  • (c) in respect of a proposed scheme amended under section 65M(1), whether the proposed scheme will—

    • (i) contribute to an affordable, integrated, safe, responsive, and sustainable land transport system; and

    • (ii) result in a net benefit to the Auckland Region.

  (2) The responsible Ministers may, at their discretion,—

  • (a) recommend or decline to recommend the making of an Order in Council under section 65O(1):

  • (b) after consulting the relevant region about its proposal, recommend the making of an Order in Council under section 65O(1) that contains provisions different from those contained in the proposed regional fuel tax scheme prepared by the region.

  Section 65P: inserted, on 1 August 2008, by section 42 of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).