New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 3 May 1999, prescribe the breaches of the Land Transport Rules that are summary offences and the breaches of those rules that are infringement offences, and prescribe the fines and infringement fees in respect of those offences.
The regulations also prescribe a defence to a prosecution for an offence involving a breach of Land Transport Rule: Dangerous Goods 1999.
Schedule 1 lists the provisions of the rules the breach of which constitutes an offence. A breach of any such provision constitutes a summary offence and any charge may be commenced by laying an information under the Summary Proceedings Act 1957. The maximum fine that may be imposed is set out in the third and fourth columns of Schedule 1. The highest fine is $10,000 for an individual and $50,000 for a body corporate.
Schedule 1 also sets out those breaches of the rules that are infringement offences. If a person is alleged to have committed an infringement offence that person may either be proceeded against summarily for the alleged offence (by laying an information or where appropriate by filing a notice of prosecution) or be served with an infringement notice. The infringement fee is set out in the fifth and sixth columns of Schedule 1. The highest fee is $2,000 for an individual and $10,000 for a body corporate.
Schedule 2 prescribes the number of demerit points to be recorded by the Director of the Land Transport Safety Authority in respect of any person convicted of an offence described in Schedule 2 that was committed on or after 3 May 1999. The highest number of demerit points that may be imposed for any offence is 50.
Schedule 3 prescribes the form of notice to be given to a person whose driver licence is suspended for 28 days under section 95 of the Land Transport Act 1998.
Schedule 4 prescribes the form of notice to be given to the driver and registered owner of a vehicle impounded under section 96 of the Land Transport Act 1998 and to the storage provider of the vehicle.