Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Regulations 2023

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Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Regulations 2023

Cindy Kiro, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 22nd day of May 2023

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

These regulations are made under section 167C of the Land Transport Act 1998 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Regulations 2023.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 1 July 2023.

3 Principal regulations
4 Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)

(1)

In regulation 3, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:

disability vehicle means a light vehicle that is used for the transportation of a person with a disability and is modified to do either or both of the following:

(a)

enable a person in a wheelchair to safely enter and exit the vehicle and enable the person and the wheelchair to be safely restrained while the vehicle is moving:

(b)

provide a person in a wheelchair or of limited mobility with assistance to enter and exit the vehicle through the use of a swivel or swing-out seat

(2)

In regulation 3, replace the definition of Type B vehicle with:

Type B vehicle means—

(a)

a Type B vehicle within the meaning given in section 172(1) of the Act:

(b)

a disability vehicle

Rachel Hayward,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 1 July 2023, amend the Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Regulations 2022 so that a disability vehicle (with the same meaning as in the Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Discount Scheme Charges) Regulations 2022) is a Type B vehicle for the purposes of the clean vehicle standard under Part 13 of the Land Transport Act 1998.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 25 May 2023.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Transport.