1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Principal regulations
4	Schedule 1 amended
5	Part 1 of Schedule 1B replaced
	Schedule 1 Schedule 1 amended
	Schedule 2 Part 1 of Schedule 1B replaced
	Explanatory note
	Administrative Information

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Amendment Regulations 2024.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 1 October 2024.

3 Principal regulations

These regulations amend the Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999.

4 Schedule 1 amended

(1)

In Schedule 1, item relating to Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004 (61001), replace the item relating to clause 2.12(2) with:

2.12(2)

Stop, stand, or park on motorway

1,000

—

255

—

(2)

In Schedule 1, item relating to Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004 (61001), replace the items relating to clause 6.1 to 6.19 with the items relating to clause 6.1 to 6.19 set out in Schedule 1 of these regulations.

(3)

In Schedule 1, item relating to Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004 (61001), replace “150” with “255” in the fifth column of each of the following:

(a)

item relating to clause 8.3(2)(c):

(b)

item relating to clause 8.7(1):

(c)

item relating to clause 8.7(2):

(d)

item relating to clause 8.7(3).

5 Part 1 of Schedule 1B replaced

In Schedule 1B, replace Part 1 with the Part 1 set out in Schedule 2 of these regulations.

Schedule 1 Schedule 1 amended

r 4(2)

6.1	Park, etc, vehicle without due care	1,000	1,000	100	100
6.2	Park, etc, vehicle on roadway when practicable to park on road margin	1,000	1,000	70	70
6.3(1)	Park, etc, vehicle on bend, etc	1,000	1,000	70	70
6.3(2)	Unauthorised parking, etc, on or within 6 m of intersection	1,000	1,000	100	100
6.4(1)	Park contrary to traffic sign, etc	—	1,000	as per scale set out in Schedule 1B	as per scale set out in Schedule 1B
6.4(1A)	Park, etc, in parking area reserved for disabled persons	1,000	1,000	750	750
6.4(1B)	Park, etc, a non-electric vehicle or an electric vehicle that is not charging in parking area reserved for charging electric vehicles	1,000	—	100	—
6.4(1C)	Park, etc, in area designated as clearway or no stopping area	—	—	100	100
6.4(4)	Park, etc, on broken yellow lines	1,000	1,000	100	100
6.5(1)	Park, etc, vehicle on pedestrian crossing	1,000	1,000	100	100
6.5(2)(a)	Park, etc, vehicle within 6 m of driver’s approach to pedestrian crossing	1,000	1,000	100	100
6.5(2)(b)	Park, etc, vehicle in signed or marked area on driver’s approach to pedestrian crossing	1,000	1,000	100	100
6.6	Park, etc, vehicle in special vehicle lane	1,000	1,000	100	100
6.7	Park, etc, vehicle on traffic island or flush median	1,000	1,000	70	70
6.8(1)	Park, etc, vehicle within 6 m of bus stop sign	1,000	1,000	70	70
6.9(1)	Vehicle obstructs entrance or exit of driveway	1,000	1,000	70	70
6.10	Park, etc, vehicle near fire hydrant	1,000	1,000	70	70
6.11	Park, etc, vehicle alongside another stopped motor vehicle	1,000	1,000	100	100
6.12	Fail to park, etc, vehicle parallel to road	1,000	1,000	70	70
6.13	Fail to park, etc, vehicle at angle when required	1,000	1,000	70	70
6.14	Park, etc, vehicle on footpath or cycle path	1,000	1,000	70	70
6.15	Park, etc, vehicle of unauthorised class on reserved area	1,000	1,000	100	100
6.16	Park, etc, on loading zone	1,000	1,000	70	70
6.17(a)	Stop, etc, on level crossing	1,000	1,000	255	255
6.17(b)	Stop, etc, near level crossing so as to obscure view	1,000	1,000	255	255
6.18(1)	Park goods vehicle at angle during hours of darkness	1,000	1,000	100	100
6.19	Park trailer on roadway for more than 5 days	1,000	1,000	100	100

Schedule 2 Part 1 of Schedule 1B replaced

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Part 1 Offences parking wardens may enforce

Infringement offence		Infringement fee ($)
1	Any parking offence involving parking on a road in breach of a local authority bylaw, in excess of a period fixed by a meter or otherwise, where the excess time is—
	not more than 30 minutes	20
	more than 30 minutes but not more than 1 hour	25
	more than 1 hour but not more than 2 hours	36
	more than 2 hours but not more than 4 hours	51
	more than 4 hours but not more than 6 hours	71
	more than 6 hours	97
2	Parking on or within 6 metres of an intersection	100
3	Parking on or near a pedestrian crossing	100
4	Parking on broken yellow lines	100
5	Double parking	100
6	Inconsiderate parking	100
7	Parking on a clearway	100
8	Parking on a bus-only lane	100
9	All other parking offences	70
Towage fee: If expenses are incurred by an enforcement authority in respect of the movement or proposed movement under section 113(2)(c) or 128E of the Act of the vehicle involved in the offence (whether or not the vehicle is in fact moved), the infringement fee is the total of the amount specified above in respect of the offence and the amount of the appropriate towage fee (including any goods and services tax payable in respect of the towage fee).

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 October 2024, amend Schedules 1 and 1B of the Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999 (the principal regulations).

Schedule 1 of the principal regulations is amended to—

increase the amount of infringement fee payable for certain infringement offences relating to the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004 (the Road User Rule):
create an infringement offence for a breach of clause 6.4(1C) of the Road User Rule (stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle in an area that is designated as a clearway or no stopping area):
alter the descriptions of 3 offences to align with the changes made to the Road User Rule by the Land Transport (Road User) Amendment Rule 2023 (see new items relating to clauses 2.12(2), 6.4(1B), and 6.19).

Schedule 1B of the principal regulations is amended to—

increase the amount of infringement fee payable for infringement offences that a parking warden may enforce:
remove the power for a local authority to set the amount of infringement fee for a parking offence involving parking on a road in breach of a local authority bylaw, in excess of a period fixed by a meter or otherwise, at an amount that is less than the amount specified for that offence in Part 1 of Schedule 1B.

Regulatory impact statement

The Ministry of Transport produced a regulatory impact statement on 11 June 2024 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 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 29 August 2024.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Transport.

Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Amendment Regulations 2024