Road User Charges (Exemption Period for Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Order 2021

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Road User Charges (Exemption Period for Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Order 2021

Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann, Administrator of the Government

Order in Council

At Wellington this 4th day of October 2021

Present:
The Right Hon Jacinda Ardern presiding in Council

This order is made under section 37 of the Road User Charges Act 2012 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

Order

1 Title

This order is the Road User Charges (Exemption Period for Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Order 2021.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 10 December 2021.

4 Clause 4 amended (Exemption period for light electric RUC vehicles)

In clause 4(b), replace “31 December 2021” with “31 March 2024”.

Martin Bell,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 10 December 2021, amends the Road User Charges (Exemption Period for Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Order 2012 (the principal order).

The principal order specifies the period during which road user charges are not payable in respect of light electric RUC vehicles. That exemption period ends at the close of 31 December 2021.

This order extends the exemption period to the close of 31 March 2024.

Regulatory impact statement

The Ministry of Transport produced a regulatory impact statement on 31 May 2021 to help inform the decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this instrument.

A copy of this regulatory impact statement can be found at—

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 7 October 2021.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Transport.