Term |
Definition |
Account |
An account held in your name by us, to pay tolls and fees |
Account set-up amount |
a) the calculated minimum amount; or b) any greater amount requested by you and agreed by us |
Act |
The Land Transport Management Act 2003 |
Administration fee |
The charge to cover the cost of issuing and processing a payment for a toll payment notice |
Calculated minimum amount |
The minimum account set up amount calculated by us, based on the number of nominated vehicles registered to an account |
Dishonour fee |
To recover costs due to insufficient funds or credit available through your nominated payment method |
Electronic toll point |
Any place on a toll road where vehicles are detected by an electronic tolling system, and includes a toll payment point under the act |
Enforcement authority |
The authority responsible for enforcing toll collection |
Fee |
A charge for providing a service in accordance with the Schedule of Fees, and includes an administration charge under section 51(4) of the act |
Gantry |
See electronic toll point |
GST |
Goods and services tax |
Nominated bank account |
A valid account with a financial institution nominated by you as a source of payment for your account |
Nominated credit card |
A valid credit card nominated by you as a source of payment for your account |
Nominated vehicle |
A vehicle that you’ve nominated under clause 4, for the purpose of enabling tolls incurred in respect of that vehicle to be debited from your account |
Notification |
Delivery (as applicable): a) by post to your nominated postal address, which is deemed to have taken place three days after the date of posting by us; or b) electronically to your email address, which is deemed to have taken place when we receive confirmation of transmission on our server. Notify and notified have the corresponding meanings |
Road controlling authority |
The controlling authority for a toll road |
Schedule of fees |
The list of fees published in these pages |
Service fee |
The additional fee charged for toll transactions made through our contact centre. |
Transaction fee |
The additional fee applied to each purchase to cover the costs of processing a payment for toll purchases through a specific payment method such as the cash payment point. Applies to each payment made, not each toll purchased |
Toll |
The fixed charge levied by the operator of a toll road for the use of the road under the act |
Toll road |
A road listed on this website, for which you can use your account to pay tolls |
Toll road operator |
The agency designated as the operator of a toll road under the act – in this case the NZ Transport Agency. |
Toll trip |
The driving of a vehicle in one direction through one or more electronic toll points uninterrupted by exit or subsequent re-entry on a single toll road |
Top up threshold |
Your account will automatically top up with your chosen top up amount from your debit/credit card or by direct debit when your account balance falls below the minimum amount |