Transport (Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1994 (SR 1994/244) (as at 01 May 2011)

  • revoked
  • Transport (Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1994: revoked, on 1 May 2011, by regulation 97(b) of the Land Transport (Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2011 (SR 2011/79).

Regulation by clause

Schedule 2
Fees in respect of vehicle registration and licensing

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Part 1
Registration fees

   $
1(a)for any motor vehicle manufactured before 1 January 191947
 (b)for any motor vehicle manufactured after 31 December 1918 but not later than 40 years before the date of registration47
2For any motor car— 
 (a)having a motor the total piston displacement of which does not exceed 1 300 cubic centimetres74
 (b)having a motor the total piston displacement of which exceeds 1 300 but does not exceed 2 600 cubic centimetres112
 (c)having a motor the total piston displacement of which exceeds 2 600 but does not exceed 4 000 cubic centimetres139
 (d)having a motor the total piston displacement of which exceeds 4 000 cubic centimetres232
3For any goods service vehicle— 
 (a)being a heavy motor vehicle232
 (b)in every other case139
4For any motorcycle having a motor the total piston displacement of which exceeds 60 cubic centimetres, and for any trailer or traction engine47
5For any other motorcycle and for any moped28
6For any tractor or any self-propelled agricultural machine10
7For any all terrain vehicle47
8For any other motor vehicle92

For the purposes of this Part, the term total piston displacement, in relation to the motor of any motor vehicle, means—

  • (a) the total piston displacement as specified by the manufacturer, in any case where that displacement has been specified by the manufacturer, in cubic centimetres and the motor has not subsequently been modified in relation to its piston displacement:

  • (b) the total piston displacement as specified by the manufacturer multiplied by 16.39, in any case where that displacement has been specified by the manufacturer in cubic inches and the motor has not subsequently been modified in relation to its piston displacement:

  • (c) the total piston displacement as determined by the New Zealand Transport Agency in any other case.

Nothing in clauses 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 shall apply with respect to any motor vehicle to which clause 1 applies.

  • Schedule 2 Part 1: amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(2) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).

Part 2
Annual licence fees

  • Schedule 2 Part 2: substituted, on 30 October 1995, by regulation 2 of the Transport (Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1994, Amendment No 2 (SR 1995/202).

   $
1For any motorcycle having a motor the total piston displacement of which exceeds 60 cubic centimetres24.50
2For any other motorcycle and for any moped14.50
3(a)for any motor vehicle manufactured before 1 January 191910.50
 (b)for any motor vehicle (not being a motorcycle or moped to which clause 2 applies) manufactured after 31 December 1918 but not later than 40 years before the date of licensing19.50
4For any trailer that with the load it is for the time being carrying does not weigh more than 2 000 kilograms24.50
5For any tractor or any self-propelled agricultural machine24.50
6For any traction engine10.50
7For any all terrain vehicle24.50
8For any other motor vehicle43.50
9For any trade licence for use on a motorcycle or moped24.50
10For any trade licence for use on any other motor vehicle43.50

Nothing in clauses 1, 2, 4, 5, and 8 shall apply with respect to any motor vehicle to which clause 3 applies.

Part 2A
Additional annual licence fee to fund safety standards

  • Schedule 2 Part 2A: substituted, on 1 July 1999, by regulation 2 of the Transport (Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 1999 (SR 1999/200).

For any motor vehicle (other than a caravan, a trailer under 3.5 tonnes, a moped, a tractor, or a vehicle of a kind that is a miscellaneous vehicle)$1.64

In this Part, the term caravan means a trailer that is designed to be used for human habitation.

In this Part, the term miscellaneous vehicle means—

  • (a) a motor vehicle to which Part 2 of Schedule 1 applies; or

  • (b) a motor vehicle that is an exempted vehicle within the meaning of regulation 3(1) of the Land Transport Management (Apportionment and Refund of Excise Duty and Excise-Equivalent Duty) Regulations 2004.

  • Schedule 2 Part 2A: amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(2) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).

Part 2B
Licence application administration fee

  • Schedule 2 Part 2B: inserted, on 1 July 1999, by regulation 2 of the Transport (Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 1999 (SR 1999/200).

Administration fee for each application for a licence$6.50

This fee is in addition to any fee prescribed in Part 2 or Part 2A.

Part 3
Change of ownership fees

[Revoked]

  • Schedule 2 Part 3: revoked, on 30 October 1995, by regulation 3 of the Transport (Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1994, Amendment No 2 (SR 1995/202).

Part 4

  $
For the Registrar holding personalised number plates (pursuant to section 9C(2) of the Act) $26.67 per set for the first 12 months and $0.89 per set for each month, or part thereof, thereafter

For the purposes of this Part, a set of plates comprises the plate or plates issued in respect of a vehicle.