The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This notice is administered by the Ministry of Transport.

Pursuant to section 2(1) of the Transport Act 1962, the Secretary for Transport gives the following notice.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Application
4	Interpretation
5	Towage fees
6	Fees inclusive of GST
7	Revocation
8	Transitional provision
	Gazette Information
	Notes

Notice

1 Title

This notice is the Transport (Towage Fees) Notice 2004.

2 Commencement

This notice comes into force on 5 August 2004.

3 Application

This notice applies to parking offences committed on or after 5 August 2004.

4 Interpretation

In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires,—

Act means the Land Transport Act 1998

public holiday means a day listed as a public holiday in section 44 of the Holidays Act 2003.

Clause 4 Act: amended, on 10 May 2011, by section 100(3) of the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 13).

5 Towage fees

The towage fee payable in respect of a parking offence under the Act is,—

(a)

if the motor vehicle has a gross weight of not more than 3 500 kg,—

(i)

a fee not exceeding $52.50, if the towage takes place between the hours of 7 am and 6 pm on any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or public holiday; or

(ii)

a fee not exceeding $70.00, if the towage takes place at any other time; or

(b)

if the motor vehicle has a gross weight of more than 3 500 kg,—

(i)

a fee not exceeding $130.00, if the towage takes place between the hours of 7 am and 6 pm on any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or public holiday; or

(ii)

a fee not exceeding $200.00, if the towage takes place at any other time.

6 Fees inclusive of GST

The fees specified in this notice are inclusive of goods and services tax.

7 Revocation

The Transport (Towage Fees) Notice (No 2) 1990 (SR 1990/173) is revoked.

8 Transitional provision

Despite clause 7, the fees specified in clause 2 of the Transport (Towage Fees) Notice (No 2) 1990 continue to apply where the parking offence was committed before 5 August 2004.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of June 2004.

Robin Dunlop,
Secretary for Transport.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 8 July 2004.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Transport (Towage Fees) Notice 2004 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Land Transport (Towage Fees) Notice 2024 (SL 2024/180): clause 6

Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 13): section 100(3)

Transport (Towage Fees) Notice 2004