The following RUC vehicles are vehicles in respect of which road user charges under the Road User Charges Act 2012 are not payable:
- (a) all RUC vehicles that are exempt from registration under the Land Transport Act 1998:
- (b) all RUC vehicles that are operated in circumstances in which no liability arises from their not being registered under the Land Transport Act 1998.

Michael Webster,
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 19 January 2015, exempts from road user charges all RUC vehicles that are exempt from registration under the Land Transport Act 1998 and all RUC vehicles that are operated in circumstances in which no liability arises from their not being registered under the Land Transport Act 1998.

Regulatory impact statement

The Ministry of Transport produced a regulatory impact statement on 25 March 2013 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: 11 December 2014.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Transport.

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Road User Charges (Unregistered Vehicles) Exemption Order 2014