New Zealand Legislation: Acts

3 Purpose

• (1) The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the aim of achieving an affordable, integrated, safe, responsive, and sustainable land transport system.

  (2) To contribute to that purpose, this Act—

  • (a) provides an integrated approach to land transport funding and management; and

  • (b) improves social and environmental responsibility in land transport funding, planning, and management; and

  • (c) provides the Agency with a broad land transport focus; and

  • (d) improves long-term planning and investment in land transport, including planning and investment in coastal shipping and rail; and

  • (e) ensures that land transport funding is allocated in an efficient and effective manner; and

  • (f) improves the flexibility of land transport funding by providing for alternative funding mechanisms.

  • (g) [Repealed]

  Section 3(1): amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 4(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).

  Section 3(2)(c): substituted, on 1 August 2008, by section 4(2) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).

  Section 3(2)(d): amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 4(3) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).

  Section 3(2)(f): substituted, on 1 August 2008, by section 4(4) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).

  Section 3(2)(g): repealed, on 1 August 2008, by section 4(5) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).