Vehicle certification and road user charges administration fee review

This consultation has now closed.

The NZ Transport Agency is reviewing the administration fees associated with vehicle certification (certificate of fitness and warrant of fitness) and road user charges (RUC).

Feedback closed at 5pm on Tuesday 11 February. Reference documents relevant to this review can be found on this page.

More information will be posted on this page as the review progresses.

Update: vehicle certification administration fees

The Transport Agency has confirmed the revised vehicle certification administration fees. The changes include:

• a range of increases and decreases in vehicle certification (label) fees
• the withdrawal of fees relating to the routine auditing of inspecting organisations and vehicle inspectors and the introduction of an hourly rate for non-routine reviews
• the introduction of single generic application fees for all types of inspecting organisations and vehicle inspectors
• a broadening in the scope of when an hourly rate is charged and a revision of the hourly rate
• a revision of the fees relating to other certification services and the fees paid by vehicle importers.

For more information:

• read our administration fees table
• download a guide that explains the changes
• check out our questions and answers document [PDF, 121 KB].

Update: revised vehicle certification and RUC administration fees confirmed

Road user charges administration fees

The Transport Agency has confirmed the revised road user charges administration fees. The changes include:

• The number of different administration fees associated with the purchase of RUC has been reduced from seven to five.
• A range of adjustments have been made to fees to ensure they reflect the actual cost of providing the purchase option
• Enabling a part or full waiver of fees where there has been a mistake by a RUC service provider
• Enabling a convenience surcharge to be charged to recover bank changes such as the use of credit cards from 1 July 2015.

Changes to vehicle certification administration fees

Summary

The proposed changes to vehicle certificate administration fees will be of interest to those involved in providing, or intending to provide, warrant of fitness or certificate of fitness inspection services.

Other vehicle certification-related service fees have also been reviewed, including those paid by vehicle importers, and those paid by owners of special interest vehicles. New fees are being proposed for those seeking exemptions from vehicle compliance rules.

Note that the proposed fee changes do not relate to the cost of a WoF or CoF inspection itself; these are set by the inspection organisation.

Consultation document

For more detailed information on the proposed fee changes please read the consultation document below:

• Vehicle certification fee review consultation document [PDF, 109 KB].

More information

If you have any questions regarding the vehicle certification fee review and what it means, please refer to the questions and answers document below. Alternatively you can ring our contact centre on 0800 699 000 or email us at feesconsultation@nzta.govt.nz.

• Vehicle certification fee review questions and answers [PDF, 121 KB].

Changes to RUC administration fees

Summary

Proposed changes to RUC administration fees will be of interest to those who are eligible to pay road user charges (eg owners of diesel or heavy motor vehicles). These relate to fees for RUC collection, distance overrun assessments, and exemptions from road user charges. It is important to note that the proposals do not include changes to road user charges themselves.

The fees for RUC administration are applied to recover the costs of administering the road user charges system and are set out in the Road User Charges (Administration Fees) Regulations 2012.

Consultation document

For more detailed information on the proposal please read the consultation document below:

• RUC administration fee review consultation document [PDF, 58 KB]. 

More information 
If you have any questions regarding the RUC administration fee review and what it means, please refer to the questions and answers document below.  Alternatively you can ring our contact centre on 0800 699 000 or email us at feesconsultation@nzta.govt.nz.

• RUC administration fee review questions and answers [PDF, 61 KB]

How to make a submission

Submissions closed at 5pm on Tuesday 11 February 2014.