What are the changes?

This is a list of changes to the most common fees. Changes will be implemented from 1 October 2023.

You can find a full list of the changes here:

New fees and charges from 1 October 2023

A print version is available to download:

Changes to regulatory funding, fees and charges [PDF, 258 KB] [PDF, 781 KB]

Common fees

Driver licensing

What’s changing:

• Removing re-sit fees for driver licence tests.

Currently everyone pays their driver licence fees in components – an application fee, and a test fee, and if you fail a test, you have to pay to re-sit it. After 1 October, there will be no fee to book, cancel or reschedule a test.

If you book, cancel or reschedule a test before 1 October, you will have to pay the relevant fees.

If you book, cancel or reschedule a test on or after 1 October, you will not pay.

• Changing the amount paid to renew a driver licence.

If you renew your driver licence before 1 October, you will pay the current fee.

If you renew your driver licence on or after 1 October, you will pay the new fee.

New licence classes or stages

Licence renewal

You can find information about renewal prices or people over 65 at the link below. 

Renewal Fees

Exemption from driver licensing rule

Vehicle licensing (rego)

What’s changing:

• Increasing the administration fee you pay when renewing your rego. The total fee you pay for your rego is made up of different parts:
  • a licence fee 
  • an ACC levy 
  • a transport service licence fee (if the vehicle is used under a TSL)
  • a label fee, and  
  • an administration fee.  

The admin fee you pay will depend on when you renew your rego. If you renew before 1 October, you’ll pay the current fees. If you renew from 1 October onwards, you’ll pay the new fees.  

Renewal of motor vehicle licence (rego) (MR1/MR1B)

RUC administration

What’s changing:

• Increasing the administration fee for RUC transactions.

An administration fee applies to all types of RUC licence.

Application to purchase distance licence (RUCLA)

Note: these changes only impact the administration component of a RUC transaction, not RUC rates themselves.

Fees and charges as outlined in the consultation document have changed. This is due to: 

• changes in inflation assumptions
• changes in projected volumes
• calculation errors
• changes to the way the core regulatory loan will be paid back.

Have any of the proposals changed since consultation?

Yes. There have been changes to:

• Proposal 5, which sought to address the cost of regulating dangerous goods, including those carried in rental vehicles. Submissions pointed out this would capture a large number of rentals that were unlikely to carry dangerous goods or generate costs (risks) to the regulator function. This proposal has been amended to apply to all goods service licence GSL holders and only RSL holders that rent out heavy (3.5+ tonne) vehicles, as these vehicles are most likely to carry dangerous goods.
• Proposal 8, which proposed three new application, approval and modification fees to reflect the costs of creating individualised connections to Waka Kotahi systems for new and existing eRUC providers. Now, costs for applications and approvals will be recovered on a case-by case basis using an hourly rate.  We have also removed the set charge for regulatory oversight of eRUC providers, which will instead be funded from land transport revenue. 

When will changes happen?

Changes to fees and charges will be implemented from 1 October 2023.

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about the changes to fees and charges