Road User Charges (Temporary RUC Reduction Scheme) Amendment Act 2023
Road User Charges (Temporary RUC Reduction Scheme) Amendment Act 2023
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Road User Charges (Temporary RUC Reduction Scheme) Amendment Act 2023

Road User Charges (Temporary RUC Reduction Scheme) Amendment Act 2023
Public Act |
2023 No 2 |
|
Date of assent |
27 February 2023 |
|
Commencement |
see section 2 |
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Road User Charges (Temporary RUC Reduction Scheme) Amendment Act 2023.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on 1 March 2023.
3 Principal Act
This Act amends the Road User Charges Act 2012.
Part 1 Amendments to principal Act
4 Section 42A amended (Meaning of temporary reduction period)
(1)
In the heading to section 42A, after “temporary reduction period”
, insert “and second temporary reduction period”
.
(2)
After section 42A(2), insert:
(2A)
In sections 42B to 42G, unless the context otherwise requires, second temporary reduction period means the period—
(a)
beginning on 1 March 2023; and
(b)
ending on one of the following dates:
(i)
the date specified by an Order in Council made under subsection (2B); or
(ii)
if no Order in Council has been made under subsection (2B), 30 June 2023.
(2B)
The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made before the second temporary reduction period ends, shorten or extend the second temporary reduction period to a date specified in the order.
(3)
In section 42A(3), after “subsection (2)”
, insert “or (2B)”
.
5 Section 42B amended (Temporary reduction in rate of road user charges)
(1)
In section 42B(1), after “temporary reduction period”
, insert “or second temporary reduction period”
.
(2)
In section 42B(3), replace the definition of normal rate with:
normal rate means,—
(a)
for the temporary reduction period, the GST-inclusive rate—
(i)
applying immediately before the commencement of the temporary reduction period; and
(ii)
specified for the RUC licence—
(A)
in the Road User Charges (Rates) Regulations 2015; or
(B)
by notice given under section 90A(2); and
(b)
for the second temporary reduction period, the GST-inclusive rate specified for the RUC licence—
(i)
from time to time in regulations made under section 85; or
(ii)
by notice given under section 90A(2).
(3)
In section 42B(6), after “section 42A(2)”
, insert “or the second temporary reduction period is extended by an Order in Council under section 42A(2B)”
.
6 Section 42G amended (Repeal)
In section 42G(1), replace “12 months after the end of the temporary reduction period”
with “5 years after the second temporary reduction period ends”
.
Part 2 Consequential amendments
7 Section 42C amended (Road user charges that apply after end of temporary reduction period)
(1)
In the heading to section 42C, after “temporary reduction period”
, insert “or second temporary reduction period”
.
(2)
In section 42C, after “temporary reduction period”
, insert “or second temporary reduction period”
.
8 Section 42D amended (When assessments may be issued)
(1)
In section 42D(2), after “temporary reduction period”
, insert “or second temporary reduction period”
.
(2)
In section 42D(3)(a), after “2022”
, insert “or any subsequent orders made from time to time under clause 20 of Schedule 3 of the Customs and Excise Act 2018”
.
(3)
In section 42D(3)(b), after “temporary reduction period”
, insert “or second temporary reduction period”
.
(4)
In section 42D(5)(a), after “section 42A(1)”
, insert “and (2A)”
.
9 Section 42E amended (How assessments are to be calculated)
In section 42E, formula, item b, after “temporary reduction period”
, insert “or second temporary reduction period”
.
Legislative history
21 February 2023 |
Introduction (Bill 231–1) |
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22 February 2023 |
First reading, second reading, committee of the whole House, third reading |
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27 February 2023 |
Royal assent |
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Transport.
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Road User Charges (Temporary RUC Reduction Scheme) Amendment Act 2023
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