Freedom Camping Act 2011

29 Rental service agreement may provide for payment of infringement fee

• (1) A hirer of a motor vehicle may, in a rental service agreement with a rental company, agree to pay any infringement fee and any costs that may become payable because of an infringement notice served on the rental company for an infringement offence (in this section and in section 30 referred to as the particular offence) that is alleged to have been committed—

  • (a) in circumstances involving the use of the vehicle hired under the agreement; and

  • (b) during the period of hire.

  (2) The hirer may, in the rental service agreement, also authorise the rental company to debit the hirer's credit card with the infringement fee and any costs payable because of an infringement notice for a particular offence and, in that case, the agreement must—

  • (a) set out the liability of the parties to the agreement for any particular offences:

  • (b) require the rental company to send to the permanent address provided by the hirer copies of any infringement notices and any reminder notices that may be served on the rental company for any particular offences:

  • (c) indicate that representations may be made to the issuing enforcement authority to challenge or query an infringement notice:

  • (d) set out the hirer's right to seek a court hearing for the particular offence.

  (3) This section and section 30 have effect despite anything to the contrary in the rental service agreement.

  (4) In this section and section 30,—

  costs includes the administration fee that is, as permitted by section 30(4), specified in a rental service agreement

  credit card includes a debit card

  rental company means the holder of a rental service licence under the Land Transport Act 1998.