The single broad policy of this omnibus bill is to ensure that key revenue tools effectively support a user-pays basis for funding land transport.
This bill has been accorded urgency in the House. First detected 11 July 2026, 9:19am UTC.
Urgency compresses the timetable, not the politics. Until the third reading, the committee of the whole House can still amend the bill — changes are moved right up to the final vote. The channels that operate at this speed:
| Stage | Sitting day | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Second reading | 30 Jun 2026 | The Land Transport (Revenue) Amendment Bill was read a second time. source · debate & vote (Hansard) |
Dates are sitting days as recorded by the Office of the Clerk; a sitting extended under urgency continues under its original day. Readings are decided by party vote: each party casts its members’ votes en bloc (proxies included), so the whole House needn’t be present and individual attendance isn’t recorded — the party-by-party tally for each reading is in that day’s Hansard, linked per stage above.
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Published 14 Jul 2026, 7:20am UTC (separate from, and later than, the alert timestamp above)
· model: claude-opus-4-8
In short: The person the vehicle is registered to, rather than the driver, is liable to pay a toll when the vehicle reaches the toll payment point.
“The person registered under Part 17 of the Land Transport Act 1998 in respect of the motor vehicle (the registered person) is liable for payment of the toll to the toll operator when the vehicle reaches the toll payment point.”
“A person commits an offence if the person operates any heavy motor vehicle on an alternative route in breach of a notice referred to in section 46D.”
“54(1A) Operating heavy motor vehicle on alternative route contrary to notice – – 150 150”
“require that any specified class of heavy motor vehicle must not use that alternative route unless—”
“the existing road or part of a road, and a new road that will also be part of the road tolling scheme, will both be in the same corridor (as defined in subsection (8)) between parts of a region or between one region and another”
“must require the toll operator to use the power referred to in paragraph (a) to ensure that by each adjustment date the toll that applies to a vehicle is no less than the base toll amount for that vehicle adjusted by the total percentage increase in the CPI”
“the maintenance or operation (or both) relevant maintenance and operation of a specified road that is, or specified roads that are, an alternative route”
“Repeal section 8(2)(a)(i).”
“The RUC collector may, on application made in accordance with regulations made under section 89, approve an individual or an incorporated body as a RUC provider to act on behalf of the RUC collector”
“A RUC provider who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $75,000.”
Taken under urgency; the compressed timetable limited scrutiny even where a committee stage existed.
Method: the model reads the bill as published (claude-opus-4-8); every claim above carries a verbatim span of that text, checked mechanically — claims that fail the check are dropped, not softened. Text analysed from an archived copy of the official text. Full methodology →
A motion to accord urgency to the following business was agreed to: - the remaining stages of: - the Antisocial Road Use Legislation Amendment Bill; - the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill; - the Offshore Renewable Energy Bill; - the Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill; and - the Regulatory Systems (Primary Industries) Amendment Bill; - the first reading and referral to a select committee of: - the Building Amendment Bill; and - the Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Bill; - the second reading of: - the Local Government (System Improvements) Amendment Bill; - the Crimes Amendment Bill; - the Land Transport (Revenue) Amendment Bill; - the Infrastructure Funding and Financing Amendment Bill; and - the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) (3 Day Postnatal Stay) Amendment Bill; - the first reading and referral to a select committee of: - the Community Magistrates Legislation Amendment Bill; and - the Environmental Reporting Amendment Bill; - the second reading of: - the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill; and - the Emergency Management Bill (No 2); - the first reading and referral to a select committee of the Regulatory Systems (Social Security) Amendment Bill (No 2); - the discharge and re-committal to a select committee of the Regulatory Systems (Courts) Amendment Bill; and - the remaining stages of: - the Regulatory Systems (Tribunals) Amendment Bill and the Regulatory Systems (Occupational Regulation) Amendment Bill; - the Mental Health Bill; - the Plain Language Act Repeal Bill; and - the Constitution Amendment Bill.
