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Land Transport Act 1993  088
Commenced: 20 Aug 1993
SECOND SCHEDULE: Acts Amended




                             SECOND SCHEDULE

                                 PART I
 Section 35 (1)
                               ACTS AMENDED
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           Act            |                  Amendment
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 1962, No. 135---The      | By omitting from the definition of the term
   Transport Act 1962     |   ``cargo container'' in section 2 (1) the
   (R.S. Vol. 16, p. 659) |   word ``Minister'', and substituting the
                          |   word ``Authority''.
                          | By inserting in section 2 (1), in their
                          |   appropriate alphabetical order, the
                          |   following definitions:
                          |     `` `Authority' means the Land Transport
                          |         Safety Authority of New Zealand
                          |         established by section 15 of the Land
                          |         Transport Act 1993:
                          |     `` `Director' means the Director of Land
                          |         Transport Safety appointed under
                          |         section 24 of the Land Transport Act
                          |         1993:''.
                          | By repealing the definition of the term
                          |   ``Department'' in section 2 (1) (as
                          |   substituted by section 2 (1) of the
                          |   Transport Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992).
                          | By omitting from the definition of the term
                          |   ``Department of State'' in section 2 (1)
                          |   the words ``State Services Act 1962; and
                          |   includes the New Zealand Railways
                          |   Corporation and the Post Office'', and
                          |   substituting the words ``State Sector Act
                          |   1988''.
                          | By omitting from the definition of the term
                          |   ``heavy traffic'' in section 2 (1), the
                          |   words ``Governor-General by Order in
                          |   Council under subsection (3) of this
                          |   section'', and substituting the words
                          |   ``Authority by notice in the Gazette''.
                          | By omitting from the definition of the term
                          |   ``officer'' in section 2 (1) (as inserted
                          |   by section 2 (4) of the Transport Amendment
                          |   Act 1980) the word ``Department'', and
                          |   substituting the word ``Authority''.
                          | By omitting from the definition of the term
                          |   ``Secretary'' (as substituted by section 2
                          |   (1) of the Transport Amendment Act (No. 3)
                          |   1992) the word ``Department'', and
                          |   substituting the words ``Ministry of
                          |   Transport''.
                          | By repealing section 2 (3).
                          | By omitting from section 30B (3) (as inserted
                          |   by section 6 of the Transport Amendment Act
                          |   (No. 3) 1983) the words ``Minister of
                          |   Transport'', and substituting the word
                          |   ``Authority''.
                          | By omitting from the definitions of
                          |   ``vehicle'' and ``weight'' in section 2 (1)
                          |   and also from sections 64 (3), 68B (2A),
                          |   70E, 77 (1) (fb), 77C (1), and 78 the word
                          |   ``Minister'' wherever it occurs, and
                          |   substituting in each case the word
                          |   ``Authority''.
                          | By omitting the words ``Secretary'' and
                          |   ``Secretary for Transport'' wherever they
                          |   occur in the Act (except where they occur
                          |   as defined terms in section 2 (1) and where
                          |   they occur in sections 68A (2), (4), and
                          |   (7) and 199B), and substituting in each
                          |   case the word ``Director''.
                          | By omitting from the definition of the term
                          |   ``enforcement authority'' in section 2 (1)
                          |   and also from sections 37 (1), 38 (9), 42A
                          |   (11), 58G (5), 79 (7), and 91 (5) the words
                          |   ``Ministry'' and ``Ministry of Transport''
                          |   wherever they occur, and substituting in
                          |   each case the word ``Authority''.
                          | By omitting from the definition of the term
                          |   ``officer of the Department'' in section 2
                          |   (1) and also from sections 39A, 68A (3), 70
                          |   (6), 70B (6), 70C (6) and (7), 70D (2),
                          |   (5), and (8), 79A (4), 80, 196B, and 197
                          |   (1) (b) the word ``Department'' wherever it
                          |   occurs, and substituting in each case the
                          |   word ``Authority''.
                          | By omitting from section 30AA (2A) (as
                          |   inserted by section 3 (1) of the Transport
                          |   Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992) the expression
                          |   ``subsections (1), (2), and (4)'', and
                          |   substituting the expression ``subsections
                          |   (1) and (2)''.
                          | By repealing paragraph (a) of section 30AA
                          |   (2A) (as so inserted).
                          | By inserting in section 30AA (as substituted
                          |   by section 3 (1) of the Transport Amendment
                          |   Act (No. 2) 1988), after subsection (2A)
                          |   (as so inserted), the following subsection:
                          |
                          |     ``(2B) Notwithstanding anything in
                          |   subsection (4) of this section or in
                          |   section 7 of the Summary Proceedings Act
                          |   1957, where a person is convicted (whether
                          |   summarily or on indictment) of an offence
                          |   against section 35 of this Act (which
                          |   relates to driving while disqualified or
                          |   contrary to the terms of a limited
                          |   licence), the Court shall, in addition to
                          |   any other penalties it may impose but
                          |   subject to section 30AC of this Act,---
                          |     ``(a) In the case of a first offence,
                          |           order the person to be disqualified
                          |           from holding or obtaining a
                          |           driver's licence for a period of 6
                          |           months or more; or
                          |     ``(b) In the case of a second or
                          |           subsequent offence, order the
                          |           person to be disqualified from
                          |           holding or obtaining a driver's
                          |           licence for a period of 12 months
                          |           or more,---
                          |  unless the Court for special reasons
                          |   relating to the offence thinks fit to order
                          |   otherwise.''
                          | By omitting from section 30AA (7) (as so
                          |   substituted) the expression ``or section
                          |   67''.
                          | By omitting from section 30AA (7) (as so
                          |   substituted) the word ``relate'', and
                          |   substituting the word ``relates''.
                          | By inserting in section 41A (5) (c) (as
                          |   substituted by section 8 of the Transport
                          |   Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992), before the
                          |   word ``information'', the word
                          |   ``enforcement''.
                          | By repealing section 41B (as so substituted),
                          |   and substituting the following section:
                          |     ``41B. Owner liability for moving vehicle
                          |   offences---(1) In this section,---
                          |     `` `Moving vehicle offence' means either
                          |         of the following, namely,---
                          |           ``(a) A speeding offence; or
                          |           ``(b) An offence in respect of the
                          |         failure to comply with the directions
                          |         given by a traffic signal---
                          |         that is detected by any approved
                          |         vehicle surveillance equipment:
                          |     `` `Proceedings' means proceedings under
                          |         the Summary Proceedings Act 1957, and
                          |         includes the issue of an infringement
                          |         notice under section 42A of this Act.
                          |     ``(2) Proceedings for a moving vehicle
                          |   offence may be taken against any one or
                          |   more of the following persons:
                          |     ``(a) The person who allegedly committed
                          |           the offence:
                          |     ``(b) Any person who, at the time of the
                          |           alleged offence, was registered as
                          |           the owner, or one of the owners, of
                          |           the vehicle involved in the offence
                          |           in a register kept under section 18
                          |           of the Transport (Vehicle and
                          |           Driver Registration and Licensing)
                          |           Act 1986:
                          |     ``(c) Any person who, at the time of the
                          |           alleged offence, was lawfully
                          |           entitled to possession of the
                          |           vehicle involved in the offence
                          |           (whether jointly with any other
                          |           person or not);---
                          |   whether or not (in the case of a person
                          |   referred to in paragraph (b) or paragraph
                          |   (c) of this subsection) the person is an
                          |   individual or was the driver, person in
                          |   charge, or user of the vehicle at the time
                          |   the alleged offence was committed.
                          |     ``(3) Subject to subsection (5) of this
                          |   section, in any proceedings taken against a
                          |   person pursuant to paragraph (b) or
                          |   paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of this
                          |   section, it shall be conclusively presumed
                          |   that---
                          |     ``(a) The person was the driver, person
                          |           in charge, and user of the vehicle
                          |           at the time of the alleged offence
                          |           (whether or not the person is an
                          |           individual); and accordingly
                          |     ``(b) The acts or omissions of the
                          |           driver, person in charge, or user
                          |           of the vehicle at that time were
                          |           the acts or omissions of the
                          |           first-mentioned person.
                          |     ``(4) It shall be a defence to
                          |   proceedings taken against a person for a
                          |   moving vehicle offence if the person proves
                          |   that another person has, by virtue of an
                          |   order under the Summary Proceedings Act
                          |   1957, become liable to pay a fine or costs,
                          |   or both, in respect of the offence.
                          |     ``(5) It shall be a defence to
                          |   proceedings taken against a person pursuant
                          |   to paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of
                          |   subsection (2) of this section if---
                          |     ``(a) The person proves that, at the time
                          |           the alleged offence was
                          |           committed,---
                          |             ``(i) He or she was not lawfully
                          |           entitled to possession of the
                          |           vehicle (either jointly with any
                          |           other person or severally); or
                          |             ``(ii) Another person was driving
                          |           the vehicle; and
                          |     ``(b) Forthwith after becoming aware of
                          |           the alleged offence he or she
                          |           advised the enforcement authority
                          |           in writing that, at the time the
                          |           offence was committed, he or she
                          |           was not lawfully entitled to
                          |           possession of the vehicle or
                          |           another person was driving the
                          |           vehicle, as the case may be; and
                          |     ``(c) The person has furnished to the
                          |           enforcement authority a statutory
                          |           declaration---
                          |             ``(i) Identifying the driver, by
                          |           giving the name and address of the
                          |           driver or such other particulars
                          |           within the person's knowledge as
                          |           may lead to the identification of
                          |           the driver; or
                          |             ``(ii) Establishing that the
                          |           person could not identify the
                          |           driver, after taking all reasonable
                          |           steps to do so.
                          |     ``(6) A statutory declaration given under
                          |   subsection (5) of this section shall, in
                          |   the absence of evidence to the contrary, be
                          |   sufficient evidence of the matters stated
                          |   in the declaration.
                          |     ``(7) Every person commits an offence and
                          |   is liable on conviction to a fine not
                          |   exceeding $2,000 who makes any statement in
                          |   a statutory declaration given under
                          |   subsection (5) of this section, knowing the
                          |   same to be false or misleading in any
                          |   material particular.
                          |     ``(8) This section shall have effect
                          |   notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
                          |   any Act or rule of law.''
                          | By omitting from section 42 (1) (as so
                          |   substituted) the word ``evidence'' where it
                          |   first occurs, and substituting the word
                          |   ``proof''.
                          | By inserting in section 42 (as so
                          |   substituted), after subsection (1), the
                          |   following subsection:
                          |     ``(1A) The production in any proceedings
                          |   for a moving vehicle offence of an image
                          |   purporting to be an image referred to in
                          |   subsection (1) of this section shall, in
                          |   the absence of proof to the contrary, be
                          |   sufficient evidence that the image was
                          |   produced by means of an exposure taken by
                          |   approved vehicle surveillance equipment.''
                          | By adding to section 42A (1) (as substituted
                          |   by section 17 of the Summary Proceedings
                          |   Amendment Act 1987) the words ``, a
                          |   stationary vehicle offence, and a moving
                          |   vehicle offence''.
                          | By inserting in section 42A (as so
                          |   substituted), after subsection (8), the
                          |   following subsection:
                          |     ``(8A) The infringement fee payable in
                          |   respect of a stationary vehicle offence and
                          |   a moving vehicle offence shall,---
                          |     ``(a) In the case of a stationary vehicle
                          |           offence, be the appropriate
                          |           infringement fee specified in the
                          |           Second Schedule to this Act in
                          |           respect of the relevant offence
                          |           (being an offence specified in the
                          |           definition of the term `stationary
                          |           vehicle offence' in section 41A (1)
                          |           of this Act):
                          |     ``(b) In the case of a moving vehicle
                          |           offence, be the appropriate
                          |           infringement fee specified in the
                          |           Second Schedule to this Act in
                          |           respect of the relevant offence
                          |           detected by approved vehicle
                          |           surveillance equipment in that
                          |           case.''
                          | By omitting from section 42A (11) (as
                          |   substituted by section 9 (2) of the
                          |   Transport Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992) the
                          |   words ``the Police or the Department'' (as
                          |   substituted by section 129 (1) of the
                          |   Privacy Act 1993), and substituting the
                          |   words ``the Police or the Authority''.
                          | By omitting from section 44 (1) (as
                          |   substituted by section 10 (1) of the
                          |   Transport Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992) the
                          |   words ``to which section 41B of this Act
                          |   applies'', and substituting the words
                          |   ``detected by approved vehicle surveillance
                          |   equipment''.
                          | By inserting in section 51 (as substituted by
                          |   section 2 of the Transport Amendment Act
                          |   1970), after subsection (2), the following
                          |   subsection:
                          |     ``(2A) Regulations made pursuant to
                          |   subsection (1) of this section may
                          |   prescribe a graduated scale of demerit
                          |   points for speeding offences.''
                          | By omitting from section 66 (2) (b) (i) (as
                          |   amended by section 25 (2) of the Transport
                          |   Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992) the words ``and
                          |   date of birth, or any of those
                          |   particulars'', and substituting the words
                          |   ``and date of birth, or such of those
                          |   particulars as the constable or traffic
                          |   officer may specify''.
                          | By omitting from subsections (2), (4), and
                          |   (7) of section 68A the words ``Secretary
                          |   for Transport'' wherever they occur, and
                          |   substituting in each case the word
                          |   ``Authority''.
                          | By omitting from section 68B (2A) the words
                          |   ``an officer of the Department'', and
                          |   substituting the words ``a person''.
                          | By omitting from section 68B (2A) (b) the
                          |   word ``officer'', and substituting the word
                          |   ``person''.
                          | By omitting from section 68B (2A) (c) the
                          |   words ``an officer of the Department'', and
                          |   substituting the words ``a person
                          |   authorised by the Director''.
                          | By omitting from section 77 (1) (fd) (iv) (as
                          |   inserted by section 35 (1) of the Transport
                          |   Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992) the words ``,
                          |   and to recover costs incurred in respect of
                          |   such inspections''.
                          | By inserting in section 77 (1), after
                          |   paragraph (ff) (as so inserted), the
                          |   following paragraph:
                          |     ``(fg) Prescribing fees or maximum fees
                          |           or authorising the charging of
                          |           reasonable fees in respect of---
                          |             ``(i) The inspection of any motor
                          |           vehicle pursuant to regulations
                          |           made under paragraph (fd) of this
                          |           subsection:
                          |             ``(ii) The assignment or affixing
                          |           of any vehicle identification
                          |           number pursuant to such
                          |           regulations:
                          |             ``(iii) The issuing of any
                          |           certificate pursuant to regulations
                          |           made under paragraph (ff) of this
                          |           subsection:''.
                          | By repealing paragraph (g) of section 77 (1)
                          |   (as substituted by section 2 (1) of the
                          |   Transport Amendment Act 1988), and
                          |   substituting the following paragraph:
                          |     ``(g) Providing for the periodical or
                          |           other examination of motor vehicles
                          |           and the issue of warrants of
                          |           fitness, certificates of fitness,
                          |           certificates of loading, and
                          |           permits by the Authority, local
                          |           authorities, or persons approved by
                          |           the Director; prescribing fees or
                          |           maximum fees or authorising the
                          |           charging of reasonable fees in
                          |           respect of such examinations (and
                          |           different fees may be prescribed or
                          |           provided for in respect of
                          |           different circumstances and
                          |           different testing authorities);
                          |           providing for the electronic
                          |           transmission of information
                          |           relating to such examinations;
                          |           prescribing the persons to whom any
                          |           fees are to be paid; providing for
                          |           the refund or waiver of any fee
                          |           payable under this Act in respect
                          |           of an approval that authorises a
                          |           person to issue warrants of fitness
                          |           or certificates of fitness, in
                          |           whole or in part, in any specified
                          |           case or class of cases; and
                          |           exempting specified motor vehicles
                          |           or classes of motor vehicles from
                          |           the provisions of the
                          |           regulations:''.
                          | By omitting from section 77 (1) (za) (as
                          |   added by section 3 (1) of the Transport
                          |   Amendment Act 1976) the expression
                          |   ``paragraphs (a) to (fb) of''.
                          | By omitting from section 77 (3) (b) (as added
                          |   by section 35 (2) of the Transport
                          |   Amendment Act 1992) the words ``offices of
                          |   the Ministry'', and substituting the words
                          |   ``the head office of the Authority''.
                          | By inserting in section 79 (as substituted by
                          |   section 20 (1) of the Transport Amendment
                          |   Act 1989), after subsection (2), the
                          |   following subsection:
                          |     ``(2A) A person exercising powers
                          |   pursuant to a delegation under subsection
                          |   (2) of this section shall exercise such
                          |   powers in accordance with such conditions
                          |   and restrictions as the Director may
                          |   specify.''
                          | By omitting from section 79 (3) (as so
                          |   substituted), the words ``officer of the
                          |   Department'', and substituting the word
                          |   ``person''.
                          | By inserting in section 79 (as so
                          |   substituted), after subsection (4), the
                          |   following subsection:
                          |     ``(4A) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of
                          |   this section, where the Director is
                          |   satisfied that a vehicle meets the
                          |   requirements of an alternative
                          |   certification system (being a system
                          |   designed to provide a level of safety
                          |   equivalent to the prescribed level of
                          |   safety and being a system provided for in
                          |   ordinary rules made under Part II of the
                          |   Land Transport Act 1993), the Director may
                          |   issue in respect of that vehicle a label
                          |   stating that the vehicle does not require a
                          |   certificate of fitness; and, for the
                          |   purposes of subsection (1) of this section,
                          |   such a label shall have the same effect as
                          |   a certificate of fitness.''
                          | By omitting from section 82 (1) the words
                          |   ``may, if he thinks fit,'', and
                          |   substituting the words ``or the Authority
                          |   may, if the Minister or the Authority, as
                          |   the case may be, thinks fit,''.
                          | By inserting in section 82 (3), after the
                          |   word ``Minister'', the words ``or the
                          |   Authority, as the case may require,''.
                          | By inserting in section 82 (3), after the
                          |   word ``his'', the words ``or her or its''.
                          | By inserting in section 82 (6), after the
                          |   word ``Minister'', the words ``or the
                          |   Authority''.
                          | By adding to section 199B (1) (as inserted by
                          |   section 34 of the Transport Amendment Act
                          |   (No. 2) 1992) the words ``, and the
                          |   Director may in like manner transfer to the
                          |   Commissioner all or any of the functions or
                          |   powers of the Director under this Act or
                          |   that Act, or under any such regulations''.
                          | By inserting in subsections (2), (4), (5),
                          |   and (6) of section 199B (as so inserted),
                          |   after the word ``Secretary'' wherever it
                          |   occurs, the words ``or the Director, as the
                          |   case may be,''.
                          | By omitting from Part V of the Second
                          |   Schedule the expression ``41B (5)'' (as
                          |   inserted by section 39 (1) of the Transport
                          |   Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992), and
                          |   substituting the expression ``41B (7)''.
                          | By omitting from Part IX of the Second
                          |   Schedule (as substituted by section 23 (1)
                          |   of the Transport Amendment Act 1989) the
                          |   expression ``50'' where it occurs in
                          |   relation to offences against bylaws, and
                          |   substituting the expression ``500''.
 1974, No. 66---The Local | By repealing section 594ZS (as inserted by
   Government Act 1974    |   section 2 of the Local Government Amendment
   (R.S. Vol. 25, p. 1)   |   Act (No. 4) 1989), and substituting the
                          |   following section:
                          |     ``594ZS. Directors of passenger transport
                          |   companies, etc.---Notwithstanding the
                          |   provisions of section 594R (2) of this Act,
                          |   the articles of association of every
                          |   passenger transport company shall
                          |   provide---
                          |     ``(a) That there shall be not fewer than
                          |           3 directors of the company; and
                          |     ``(b) That, where there are fewer than 6
                          |           directors, not more than one of
                          |           them shall be a member or employee
                          |           of a local authority; and
                          |     ``(c) That, where there are 6 or more
                          |           directors, not more than 2 of them
                          |           shall be members or employees of a
                          |           local authority.''
                          | By omitting from section 200C (1) (as
                          |   inserted by section 2 of the Local
                          |   Government Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992) the
                          |   word ``section'', and substituting the
                          |   words ``Part of this Act''.
 1975, No. 9---The        | By inserting in Part II of the First
   Ombudsmen Act 1975    |   Schedule, in its appropriate alphabetical
   (R.S. Vol. 21, p. 657) |   order, the following item:
                          |     ``The Land Transport Safety Authority of
                          |         New Zealand.''
 1977, No. 124---The Road | By adding to section 8 (as substituted by
   User Charges Act 1977  |   section 5 of the Road User Charges
   (R.S. Vol. 21, p. 759) |   Amendment Act 1992) the following
                          |   subsection:
                          |     ``(3) In every application under this
                          |   section for a distance licence for a motor
                          |   vehicle, the minimum reading to be
                          |   specified in the licence shall not be
                          |   greater than the maximum reading specified
                          |   in the last properly issued licence for
                          |   that vehicle. Where an application for a
                          |   distance licence is made in contravention
                          |   of this subsection, the amount arrived at
                          |   by multiplying the distance in kilometres
                          |   by which the minimum reading was overstated
                          |   by the road user charge per kilometre for
                          |   that licence shall, until paid in full to,
                          |   or remitted by, the chief executive,
                          |   constitute a debt to the Crown by the
                          |   applicant for the licence, and may be
                          |   recovered accordingly in any Court of
                          |   competent jurisdiction.''
                          | By repealing subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of
                          |   section 17 (1) (c).
                          | By inserting in section 19 (3) (a) (as added
                          |   by section 10 of the Road User Charges
                          |   Amendment Act 1992), after the words ``copy
                          |   of the licence'', the words ``in the
                          |   prescribed form''.
                          | By inserting, after section 23C (as inserted
                          |   by section 13 of the Road User Charges
                          |   Amendment Act 1992), the following section:
                          |
                          |     ``23D. Delegation of chief executive's
                          |   functions or powers to persons outside
                          |   Ministry---(1) Subject to subsection (2) of
                          |   this section, the chief executive may from
                          |   time to time, either generally or
                          |   particularly, delegate to such persons (not
                          |   being employees of the Ministry) as he or
                          |   she specifies any of his or her functions
                          |   or powers under this Act.
                          |     ``(2) The chief executive shall not
                          |   delegate any function or power to any
                          |   person or any class of persons not employed
                          |   in the State services (within the meaning
                          |   of the State Sector Act 1988), except with
                          |   the consent in writing of the Minister.
                          |     ``(3) Subject to any general or special
                          |   directions given or conditions imposed by
                          |   the chief executive, any person to whom any
                          |   functions or powers are delegated under
                          |   this section may perform those functions
                          |   and exercise those powers in the same
                          |   manner and with the same effect as if they
                          |   had been conferred or imposed upon the
                          |   person directly and not by delegation.
                          |     ``(4) The chief executive may delegate
                          |   any power or function under this section to
                          |   a specified person or class of persons or
                          |   to the holder or holders of a specified
                          |   office or class of office for the time
                          |   being.
                          |     ``(5) Every delegation under this section
                          |   shall be given for a specific or indefinite
                          |   period but in either case shall be
                          |   revocable at will and no such delegation
                          |   shall prevent the exercise of any power or
                          |   the performance of any function by the
                          |   chief executive.
                          |     ``(6) Every delegation under this section
                          |   shall, until revoked, continue in force
                          |   according to its tenor, notwithstanding the
                          |   fact that the chief executive by whom it
                          |   was made may cease to hold office, and
                          |   shall continue to have effect as if it were
                          |   made by the person for the time being
                          |   holding office as chief executive.
                          |     ``(7) Every person purporting to act
                          |   under any delegation under this section
                          |   shall when reasonably requested produce
                          |   evidence of his or her authority to do
                          |   so.''
 1986, No. 6---The        | By inserting in section 2 (1), in their
   Transport (Vehicle and |   appropriate alphabetical order, the
   Driver Registration    |   following definitions:
   and Licensing) Act     | `` `Authority' means the Land Transport
   1986                   |   Safety Authority of New Zealand established
                          |   by section 15 of the Land Transport Act
                          |   1993:
                          |     `` `Director' means the Director of Land
                          |         Transport Safety appointed under
                          |         section 24 of the Land Transport Act
                          |         1993:
                          |     `` `Officer of the Authority' includes an
                          |         employee of the Authority:''.
                          | By inserting in section 10 (2), before the
                          |   words ``fees payable'', the words
                          |   ``prescribed''.
                          | By omitting from section 30 (3) the words
                          |   ``fee (if any) for the time being
                          |   prescribed in the Second Schedule to this
                          |   Act'', and substituting the words
                          |   ``prescribed fee (if any)''.
                          | By omitting the word ``Secretary'' from
                          |   sections 42, 43, 44 (1), 45 (2) and (3),
                          |   45A, 46 (3), 47, and 48 wherever it occurs,
                          |   and substituting in each case the word
                          |   ``Director''.
                          | By omitting from section 39 the word
                          |   ``Secretary'', and substituting the word
                          |   ``Authority''.
                          | By omitting from section 39 the words
                          |   ``Ministry of Transport'', and substituting
                          |   the word ``Authority''.
                          | By omitting from section 42 (1) the word
                          |   ``Minister'', and substituting in each case
                          |   the word ``Authority''.
                          | By omitting from section 45 (1) the word
                          |   ``Secretary'' in the first place where it
                          |   occurs, and substituting the word
                          |   ``Authority''.
                          | By omitting from section 45 (1) the word
                          |   ``Secretary'' in the second and third
                          |   places where it occurs, and substituting in
                          |   each case the word ``Director''.
                          | By omitting the word ``Minister'' from
                          |   section 48 (1) (a) and (g) wherever it
                          |   occurs, and substituting in each case the
                          |   word ``Director''.
                          | By omitting from section 48A (2) (e) (as
                          |   inserted by section 9 (1) of the Transport
                          |   (Vehicle and Driver Registration and
                          |   Licensing) Amendment Act 1987) the word
                          |   ``Department'', and substituting the word
                          |   ``Authority''.
                          | By inserting, after section 51, the following
                          |   section:
                          |     ``51A. Delegation of Secretary's
                          |   functions and powers to persons outside
                          |   Ministry---(1) Subject to subsection (2) of
                          |   this section, the Secretary may from time
                          |   to time, either generally or particularly,
                          |   delegate to such persons (not being
                          |   employees of the Ministry) as he or she
                          |   specifies any of his or her functions or
                          |   powers under this Act.
                          |     ``(2) The Secretary shall not delegate
                          |   any function or power to any person or any
                          |   class of persons not employed in the State
                          |   services (within the meaning of the State
                          |   Sector Act 1988), except with the consent
                          |   in writing of the Minister.
                          |     ``(3) Subject to any general or special
                          |   directions given or conditions imposed by
                          |   the Secretary, any person to whom any
                          |   functions or powers are delegated under
                          |   this section may perform those functions
                          |   and exercise those powers in the same
                          |   manner and with the same effect as if they
                          |   had been conferred or imposed upon the
                          |   person directly and not by delegation.
                          |     ``(4) The Secretary may delegate any
                          |   power or function under this section to a
                          |   specified person or class of persons or to
                          |   the holder or holders of a specified office
                          |   or class of office for the time being.
                          |     ``(5) Every delegation under this section
                          |   shall be given for a specific or indefinite
                          |   period but in either case shall be
                          |   revocable at will and no such delegation
                          |   shall prevent the exercise of any power or
                          |   the performance of any function by the
                          |   Secretary.
                          |     ``(6) Every delegation under this section
                          |   shall, until revoked, continue in force
                          |   according to its tenor, notwithstanding the
                          |   fact that the Secretary by whom it was made
                          |   may cease to hold office, and shall
                          |   continue to have effect as if it were made
                          |   by the person for the time being holding
                          |   office as Secretary.
                          |     ``(7) Every person purporting to act
                          |   under any delegation under this section
                          |   shall when reasonably requested produce
                          |   evidence of his or her authority to do
                          |   so.''
 1989, No. 44---The       | By inserting in the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth
   Public Finance Act     |   Schedules (as added by section 41 of the
   1989                   |   Public Finance Amendment Act 1992), in
                          |   its appropriate alphabetical order, the
                          |   following item:
                          |     ``Land Transport Safety Authority of New
                          |         Zealand.''
 1989, No. 74---The       | By inserting in section 2 (1), in their
   Transport Services     |   appropriate alphabetical order, the
   Licensing Act 1989     |   following definitions:
                          |     `` `Authority' means the Land Transport
                          |         Safety Authority of New Zealand
                          |         established by section 15 of the Land
                          |         Transport Act 1993:
                          |     `` `Director' means the Director of Land
                          |         Transport Safety appointed under
                          |         section 24 of the Land Transport Act
                          |         1993:''.
                          | By repealing the definitions of the terms
                          |   ``Ministry'' and ``Secretary'' in section 2
                          |   (1).
                          | By omitting from the definition of the term
                          |   ``enforcement officer'' in section 2 (1)
                          |   the word ``Ministry'', and substituting the
                          |   word ``Authority''.
                          | By omitting the words ``Secretary'' and
                          |   ``Secretary for Transport'' wherever either
                          |   term occurs in the Act (except in section
                          |   29 (1)), and substituting in each case the
                          |   word ``Director''.
                          | By omitting the word ``Secretary'' in section
                          |   29 (1), and substituting the word
                          |   ``Authority''.
                          | By omitting from section 31 (3) the words
                          |   ``an officer of the Ministry of Transport''
                          |   and ``an officer'', and substituting,
                          |   respectively, in each case the words ``a
                          |   person''.
                          | By repealing subsection (1) of section 39F
                          |   (as inserted by section 21 of the Transport
                          |   Services Licensing Amendment Act (No. 3)
                          |   1992), and substituting the following
                          |   subsection:
                          |     ``(1) A rail service operator shall, at
                          |   such times as are specified in the relevant
                          |   approved safety system, arrange for an
                          |   audit of that rail service operator's
                          |   safety system.''
                          | By omitting from section 39H (1) (a) (as so
                          |   inserted) the words ``the Secretary'', and
                          |   substituting the words ``a rail service
                          |   operator''.
                          | By omitting from section 39N (1) (as so
                          |   inserted) the word ``the'' where it
                          |   secondly occurs, and substituting the word
                          |   ``an''.
                          | By omitting from section 63 the word
                          |   ``Ministry'' wherever it occurs, and
                          |   substituting in each case the word
                          |   ``Authority''.
                          | By omitting from section 65 the words ``and
                          |   payable to the Crown shall be paid or
                          |   credited to the Ministry's Departmental
                          |   Bank Account'', and substituting the words
                          |   ``shall be paid or credited to the
                          |   Authority''.
                          | By omitting from the Second Schedule the item
                          |   relating to section 18A (4) where it occurs
                          |   in relation to the Road User Charges Act
                          |   1977 (as inserted by section 28 of the
                          |   Transport Services Licensing Amendment Act
                          |   (No. 3) 1992).
                          | By inserting in the Second Schedule, in its
                          |   appropriate numerical order and in the
                          |   appropriate columns relating to the
                          |   Transport Services Licensing Act 1989, the
                          |   following item:
                          |  ``18A (1)   Driving without
                          |   and (2)   appropriate area
                          |             knowledge certi-
                          |             ficate, etc...........25 25''.
                          | By omitting from clause 5 (1) (d) of Part I
                          |   of the Third Schedule the words ``Ministry
                          |   of Transport or the Passenger Complaints
                          |   Board'', and substituting the word
                          |   ``Authority''.
                          | By omitting from the Note at the end of the
                          |   Annex to Part III of the Third Schedule the
                          |   words ``Ministry of Transport'', and
                          |   substituting the word ``Authority''.
 1989, No. 75---The       | By inserting in section 2 (1), in their
   Transit New Zealand    |   appropriate alphabetical order, the
   Act 1989    ..    ..   |   following definitions:
                          |     `` `Director of Land Transport Safety'
                          |         means the person appointed as such
                          |         under section 24 of the Land
                          |         Transport Act 1993:
                          |     `` `Land Transport Authority' means the
                          |         Land Transport Safety Authority of
                          |         New Zealand established by section 15
                          |         of the Land Transport Act 1993:''.
                          | By omitting from section 4 (1) the
                          |   expressions ``7'' and ``10'', and
                          |   substituting, respectively, the expressions
                          |   ``6'' and ``8''.
                          | By repealing paragraphs (h) to (o) of section
                          |   6 (1), and substituting the following
                          |   paragraphs:
                          |     ``(h) To provide the Minister with such
                          |           information and advice as the
                          |           Minister may from time to time
                          |           require:
                          |     ``(i) To carry out such other land
                          |           transport functions and such
                          |           duties, as the Minister may from
                          |           time to time prescribe by notice in
                          |           the Gazette.''
                          | By repealing subsection (3) of section 8, and
                          |   substituting the following subsection:
                          |     ``(3) Notwithstanding anything in
                          |   subsection (1) of this section, there shall
                          |   be paid out of the Crown Bank Account and
                          |   debited to the Fund---
                          |     ``(a) Such amount as is agreed between
                          |           the Secretary and the collecting
                          |           body as being the expenses
                          |           incidental to the collection of the
                          |           revenues of the Fund; and
                          |     ``(b) The expenses incurred in the
                          |           administration and enforce- ment of
                          |           the Road User Charges Act 1977.''
                          | By omitting from section 10 (b) (as
                          |   substituted by section 3 of the Transit New
                          |   Zealand Amendment Act 1992) the words
                          |   ``Ministry of Transport'', and substituting
                          |   the words ``Land Transport Authority''.
                          | By omitting from section 10 (b) (ii) (as so
                          |   substituted) the word ``Ministry'', and
                          |   substituting the words ``Land Transport
                          |   Authority''.
                          | By omitting from section 18 (1) the words
                          |   ``each year''.
                          | By inserting in section 25 (2) (as
                          |   substituted by section 6 (1) of the Transit
                          |   New Zealand Amendment Act 1992), after
                          |   paragraph (a), the following paragraph:
                          |     ``(aa) Safety (administration):''.
                          | By omitting from paragraphs (b), (c), (e),
                          |   and (g) of section 26 (3) (as substituted
                          |   by section 6 (1) of the Transit New Zealand
                          |   Amendment Act 1992) the word ``Secretary''
                          |   wherever it occurs, and substituting in
                          |   each case the words ``Land Transport
                          |   Authority''.
                          | By omitting from section 26 (5) (a) (as so
                          |   substituted) the word ``Secretary'', and
                          |   substituting the words ``Land Transport
                          |   Authority''.
                          | By repealing paragraph (e) of section 27A (2)
                          |   (as inserted by section 7 (1) of the
                          |   Transit New Zealand Amendment Act 1992),
                          |   and substituting the following paragraph:
                          |     ``(e) The Land Transport Authority:''.
                          | By repealing section 28, and substituting the
                          |   following section:
                          |     ``28. Safety (administration)
                          |   programme---(1) The Land Transport
                          |   Authority shall prepare a safety
                          |   (administration) programme for the
                          |   Secretary that shall---
                          |     ``(a) List, in order of priority, the
                          |           projects the Land Transport
                          |           Authority recommends, the estimated
                          |           cost of each project, and the total
                          |           budgeted cost of all safety
                          |           (administration) outputs for that
                          |           year, together with an estimate of
                          |           the revenue to be received by the
                          |           Land Transport Authority, and the
                          |           Police, respectively, from other
                          |           sources applicable to those
                          |           projects; and
                          |     ``(b) State the object or objects to be
                          |           achieved by each project, the
                          |           options considered as being
                          |           available to achieve the object or
                          |           objects, and such evaluation of
                          |           each project and each option as is
                          |           required by the approved national
                          |           land transport programme for the
                          |           time being; and
                          |     ``(c) State the measure by which the
                          |           performance of each project should
                          |           be judged; and
                          |     ``(d) Include a statement of intent
                          |           setting out---
                          |             ``(i) The basis upon which the
                          |           Land Transport Authority will
                          |           evaluate individual projects for
                          |           inclusion in thenet safety
                          |           (administration) pro- gramme; and
                          |             ``(ii) The objectives of the Land
                          |           Transport Authority in respect of
                          |           safety (administra- tion) for the
                          |           next 5 years; and
                          |             ``(iii) The Land Transport
                          |           Authority's assessment of the
                          |           safety (administration) needs and
                          |           the safety (administration) issues
                          |           that are likely to arise during the
                          |           next 5 years and the proposed
                          |           response thereto; and
                          |             ``(iv) The measures by which the
                          |           performance of the Land Transport
                          |           Authority in relation to safety
                          |           (administration) should be judged;
                          |           and
                          |             ``(v) Such other matters as the
                          |           Minister may from time to time
                          |           require; and
                          |     ``(e) Be in such form and contain such
                          |           details as may be prescribed by the
                          |           Minister from time to time.
                          |     ``(2) The Land Transport Authority---
                          |     ``(a) Shall consult the Commissioner
                          |           before including in a safety
                          |           (administration) programme any
                          |           matter under subsection (1) of this
                          |           section; and
                          |     ``(b) Shall have regard to any relevant
                          |           regional land transport strategy
                          |           when recommending any project under
                          |           that subsection; and
                          |     ``(c) Shall, where the Land Transport
                          |           Authority decides not to recommend
                          |           any project,---
                          |             ``(i) So advise in writing the
                          |           regional council or territorial
                          |           authority concerned; and
                          |             ``(ii) Give reasons for its
                          |           decision.
                          |     ``(3) Each year, by a date set by the
                          |   Minister after consultation with the
                          |   Authority and the Commissioner, the
                          |   Secretary shall submit to the Minister and
                          |   copy to the Authority, the Land Transport
                          |   Authority, and the Commissioner---
                          |     ``(a) The safety (administration)
                          |           programme prepared under subsection
                          |           (1) of this section; and
                          |     ``(b) The Secretary's recommendations
                          |           concerning the safety
                          |           (administration) programme for that
                          |           year; and
                          |     ``(c) The Secretary's evaluation of
                          |           safety (administration) needs and
                          |           safety (administration) issues that
                          |           are likely to arise during the next
                          |           5 years.''
                          | By inserting in section 29 (6) (as added by
                          |   section 9 (2) of the Transit New Zealand
                          |   Amendment Act 1992), after the word
                          |   ``Secretary'', the words ``, the Land
                          |   Transport Authority,''.
                          | By repealing paragraph (d) of section 31 (1)
                          |   (as substituted by section 10 of the
                          |   Transit New Zealand Amendment Act 1992),
                          |   and substituting the following paragraph:
                          |     ``(d) The Land Transport Authority;
                          |           and''.
                          | By omitting from section 31 (4) (as so
                          |   substituted) the word ``Secretary'', and
                          |   substituting the words ``Land Transport
                          |   Authority''.
                          | By inserting in section 32, after the words
                          |   ``the Commissioner,'' (as inserted by
                          |   section 11 of the Transit New Zealand
                          |   Amendment Act 1992), the words ``the Land
                          |   Transport Authority,''.
                          | By omitting from section 33 (1) the
                          |   expression ``subsection (2)'', and
                          |   substituting the expression ``subsections
                          |   (1A) and (2)''.
                          | By inserting in section 33, after subsection
                          |   (1), the following subsection:
                          |     ``(1A) In approving national land
                          |   transport programmes under this section,
                          |   the Minister shall facilitate a rolling
                          |   3-year planning arrangement by ensuring
                          |   that the total expenditure approved under
                          |   section 29 of this Act for the second year
                          |   in any 3-year cycle is not less than 97
                          |   percent of the total expenditure approved
                          |   under that section for the first year in
                          |   that cycle and total expenditure approved
                          |   under that section for the third year of
                          |   that cycle is not less than 95 percent of
                          |   the total expenditure approved under that
                          |   section for the first year in that cycle.''
                          |
                          | By inserting in section 34 (3), before the
                          |   words ``make such amendments'', the words
                          |   ``request the Land Transport Authority
                          |   to''.
                          | By inserting in section 34 (3), after the
                          |   words ``the Minister and'', the words ``the
                          |   Secretary shall''.
                          | By inserting in section 34 (3A) (as inserted
                          |   by section 12 of the Transit New Zealand
                          |   Amendment Act 1992), after the word
                          |   ``Commissioner'', the words ``and the Land
                          |   Transport Authority''.
                          | By repealing subsection (2) of section 37,
                          |   and substituting the following subsection:
                          |     ``(2) Every supplementary safety
                          |   (administration) programme shall, with the
                          |   necessary modifications, be prepared as if
                          |   it were a safety (administration) programme
                          |   under section 28 of this Act, and be in
                          |   such form and contain such details as may
                          |   be prescribed for such a programme by the
                          |   Minister under that section.''
                          | By omitting from section 39 (1) the word
                          |   ``Secretary'', and substituting the words
                          |   ``Land Transport Authority''.
                          | By inserting in section 42A (2) (as
                          |   substituted by section 16 of the Transit
                          |   New Zealand Amendment Act 1992), after the
                          |   word ``Secretary'', the words ``, the Land
                          |   Transport Authority,''.
                          | By inserting in section 42A (3) (as so
                          |   substituted), after the words ``the
                          |   Secretary'', the words ``, the Land
                          |   Transport Authority,''.
                          | By omitting from section 48 (5) the word
                          |   ``Ministry'', and substituting the words
                          |   ``Land Transport Authority''.
                          | By omitting from section 50 (4) the word
                          |   ``Ministry'', and substituting the words
                          |   ``Land Transport Authority''.
                          | By omitting from section 53 (2) the word
                          |   ``Secretary'', and substituting the words
                          |   ``Director of Land Transport Safety''.
                          | By repealing the definitions of the terms
                          |   ``commercial vessel'', ``exempted
                          |   vehicle'', and ``licensed vehicle'' in
                          |   section 99.
                          | By repealing sections 100 and 101, and
                          |   substituting the following sections:
                          |     ``100. Apportionment of excise duty---Of
                          |   the money paid into the Crown Bank Account
                          |   as excise duty, after deducting any
                          |   relevant refunds or drawbacks of duties
                          |   under the Customs Act 1966, there shall be
                          |   credited to the Land Transport Fund such
                          |   amounts as may be prescribed for the
                          |   purpose by regulations made under section
                          |   110 of this Act.
                          |     ``101. Refunds of excise duty---(1)
                          |   Persons using any motor spirits, compressed
                          |   natural gas, or liquefied petroleum gas
                          |   shall be entitled to a refund in respect of
                          |   excise duty and goods and services tax
                          |   charged on the consideration for the supply
                          |   of motor spirits, compressed natural gas,
                          |   or liquefied petroleum gas, to the extent
                          |   that the amount of the excise duty that is
                          |   refunded forms part of the consideration
                          |   for that supply and to the extent specified
                          |   in regulations made under section 110 of
                          |   this Act.
                          |     ``(2) Nothing in this section shall apply
                          |   to any motor spirits, compressed natural
                          |   gas, or liquefied petroleum gas used for
                          |   any purpose declared by regulations made
                          |   under section 110 of this Act to be exempt
                          |   from the provisions of this section.
                          |     ``(3) All refunds of excise duty and
                          |   goods and services tax under regulations
                          |   made under section 110 of this Act shall be
                          |   paid out of the Land Transport Fund to the
                          |   extent specified in such regulations
                          |   without further appropriation than this
                          |   section.
                          |     ``(4) No such refund of excise duty or
                          |   goods and services tax shall be allowed
                          |   unless application is made for that refund
                          |   in accordance with section 102 of this Act.
                          |     ``(5) Where the amount of any refund of
                          |   excise duty and goods and services tax
                          |   provided for in regulations made under
                          |   section 110 of this Act is increased,
                          |   reduced, or varied by any Act or by such
                          |   regulations, refunds of duty or tax paid,
                          |   whether before or after the coming into
                          |   force of that increase, reduction, or
                          |   variation, in satisfaction of a liability
                          |   for such duty or tax incurred before that
                          |   date may be applied for and made as if the
                          |   increase, reduction, or variation was not
                          |   in force.''
                          | By repealing section 103.
                          | By repealing the Second Schedule.
 1990, No. 99---The       | By inserting in section 2, in its appropriate
   Transport Accident     |   alphabetical order, the following
   Investigation          |   definition:
   Commission Act 1990    |
                          |     `` `Land Transport Authority' means the
                          |         Land Transport Safety Authority of
                          |         New Zealand established by section 15
                          |         of the Land Transport Act 1993:''.
                          | By repealing paragraph (f) of section 8 (2),
                          |   and substituting the following paragraph:
                          |     ``(f) Where---
                          |             ``(i) A notification under
                          |           section 27 of the Civil Aviation
                          |           Act 1990; or
                          |             ``(ii) A notification under
                          |           section 39C of the Transport
                          |           Services Licensing Act 1989---
                          |  has not been received, to request from the
                          |   Authority or the Land Transport Authority,
                          |   as the case may be, such further
                          |   information as it considers appropriate
                          |   regarding any accident that the Commission
                          |   believes is required to be investigated
                          |   under section 13 (1) of this Act:''.
                          | By omitting from section 9 (1) the words ``or
                          |   the Secretary'' (as inserted by section 6
                          |   (1) of the Transport Accident Investigation
                          |   Commission Amendment Act 1992), and
                          |   substituting the words ``or the Land
                          |   Transport Authority''.
                          | By adding to section 9 the following
                          |   subsection:
                          |     ``(3) The Commission shall make available
                          |   to the Secretary any preliminary report or
                          |   recommendation that has major consequences
                          |   for transport safety.''
                          | By omitting from section 10 the words ``or
                          |   the Secretary, as the case may require,''
                          |   (as inserted by section 7 of the Transport
                          |   Accident Investigation Commission Amendment
                          |   Act 1992), and substituting the words ``or
                          |   the Land Transport Authority, as the case
                          |   may require,''.
                          | By omitting from section 13 (5) (as
                          |   substituted by section 9 (1) of the
                          |   Transport Accident Investigation Commission
                          |   Amendment Act 1992) the word ``Secretary'',
                          |   and substituting the words ``Land Transport
                          |   Authority''.
                          | By omitting from section 14 (3) the words
                          |   ``and the Secretary'' (as inserted by
                          |   section 10 (b) of the Transport Accident
                          |   Investigation Commission Amendment Act
                          |   1992), and substituting the words ``and the
                          |   Land Transport Authority''.
 1992, No. 108---The      | By repealing section 25 (2).
   Transport Amendment    |
   Act (No. 3) 1992       |
 1992, No. 110---The      | By omitting from section 1 (2) the word
   Transport (Vehicle and |   ``sections'', and substituting the word
   Driver Registration    |   ``provisions''.
   and Licensing)         |
   Amendment Act 1992     |
 1992, No. 111---The      | By inserting in section 2, after the words
   Railway Safety and     |   ``In this Act,'', the words ``unless the
   Corridor Management    |   context otherwise requires,''.
   Act 1992               |
 1992, No. 112---The      | By repealing section 6 (1).
   Transport Accident     | By repealing section 7.
   Investigation          |
   Amendment Act 1992     |
 1993, No. 28---The       | By omitting from the Fifth Schedule the word
   Privacy Act 1993       |   ``Transport'' wherever it occurs in the
                          |   third column of that Schedule, and
                          |   substituting in each case the words ``Land
                          |   Transport Safety Authority of New
                          |   Zealand''.
                          | By omitting from the Fifth Schedule the
                          |   heading ``Ministry of Transport Records'',
                          |   and substituting the heading ``Land
                          |   Transport Safety Authority Records''.
                          | By omitting from the second column of the
                          |   Fifth Schedule the words ``Ministry of
                          |   Transport'' where they occur in the part
                          |   relating to Ministry of Transport Records,
                          |   and substituting the words ``Land Transport
                          |   Safety Authority of New Zealand''.
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