Contents

Objective of the Rule

Extent of consultation

Part 1 Rule requirements

Section 1     Preliminary provisions

• 1.1 Title
• 1.2 Commencement
• 1.3 Principal Rule amended

Section 2 Amendments to principal Rule

• 2.1 Clause 2.2 amended (Form of fuel consumption information)
• 2.2 Clause 4.1 amended (Maintaining the database of fuel consumption information

Objective of the Rule

Land Transport Rule: Fuel Consumption Information Amendment 2019 (the amendment Rule) amends Land Transport Rule: Fuel Consumption Information 2008 (Fuel Consumption Information Rule). The Fuel Consumption Information Rule sets out requirements for the provision of fuel consumption information for light vehicles (vehicles with a gross vehicle mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes) that enter the New Zealand fleet and are manufactured on or after 1 January 2000. The Rule applies only to vehicles that are subject to the certification requirements in Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Standards Compliance 2002. It does not apply to certain special purpose vehicles, special interest vehicles, motor sport vehicles or immigrants’ vehicles. In addition, low volume vehicles are excluded from the requirements to provide fuel consumption information.

The objective of the amendment Rule is to—

• reflect the adoption of the World Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure for measuring the emissions and fuel consumption of light motor vehicles:
• require new and used vehicle importers to provide information about vehicle mass and CO₂ emissions.

Extent of consultation

For the purposes of consultation, amendments proposed to the Fuel Consumption Information Rule and 14 other Land Transport Rules were combined into a single Rule, Land Transport Rule: Regulatory Stewardship (Omnibus) Amendment 2018 (the Omnibus Amendment Rule). Following consultation, the provisions in the Omnibus Amendment Rule were split into separate amendment Rules.

The NZ Transport Agency sent details of the amendment proposals by letter or email to approximately 2544 groups and individuals who had registered an interest in the Rules to be amended. The Omnibus Amendment Rule was made available through the NZ Transport Agency’s Contact Centre and, together with Questions and Answers, was also available on the NZ Transport Agency’s website. The availability of the amendment proposals for comment was publicised in the daily newspapers in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. It was also notified in the New Zealand Gazette on 23 July 2018.

The NZ Transport Agency received 41 submissions on the Omnibus Amendment Rule, of which 16 commented on the proposed amendments to the Fuel Consumption Information Rule.

The submissions received were taken into account in finalising the draft Rule following which it was submitted to the Associate Minister of Transport for signing.

Part 1 Rule requirements

Section 1     Preliminary provisions

1.1     Title

               This Rule is Land Transport Rule: Fuel Consumption Information Amendment 2019.

1.2     Commencement

               This Rule comes into force on 1 June 2019.

1.3     Principal Rule amended

               This Rule amends Land Transport Rule: Fuel Consumption Information 2008.

 

Section 2    Amendments to principal Rule

2.1    Clause 2.2 amended (Form of fuel consumption information)

2.1(1)    Replace clause 2.2(1)(c) with:

               (c)      be provided in kilometres per litre, litres per 100 kilometres, miles per US liquid gallon or miles per Imperial gallon.

2.1(2)    Replace clause 2.2(2) with:

2.2(2)    Fuel consumption information that must be provided is—

               (a)      fuel consumption information for—

(i)      the urban, extra-urban, and combined cycles if the vehicle’s fuel consumption information is derived from testing in accordance with the New European Driving Cycle; or

(ii)     the combined cycle only if the vehicle’s fuel consumption information is derived from testing in accordance with the Japanese 10.15 mode, the Japanese JC08 mode or ADR 81/01 Fuel Consumption Labelling for Light Vehicles; or

(iii)    the low, medium, high, extra-high, and combined cycles if the vehicle’s fuel consumption information is derived from testing in accordance with the World Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure; and

               (b)      unladen weight and gross vehicle mass; and

               (c)      the CO₂ emission of the vehicle in grams per kilometre based on the fuel consumption test.

2.2    Clause 4.1 amended (Maintaining the database of fuel consumption information)

Replace clause 4.1(2) with:

4.1(2)    Fuel consumption information that must be provided is—

               (a)      fuel consumption in litres per 100 kilometres for—

(i)      the urban, extra-urban, and combined cycles if the vehicle’s fuel consumption information is derived from testing in accordance with the New European Driving Cycle; or

(ii)     the combined cycle only if the vehicle’s fuel consumption information is derived from testing in accordance with the Japanese 10.15 mode, the Japanese JC08 mode or ADR 81/01 Fuel Consumption Labelling for Light Vehicles; or

(iii)    the low, medium, high, extra-high, and combined cycles if the vehicle’s fuel consumption information is derived from testing in accordance with the World Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure; and

               (b)      unladen weight and gross vehicle mass; and

               (c)      the CO₂ emission of the vehicle in grams per kilometre based on the fuel consumption test.