17Pre-paid option for payment of road user charges

#### 17 Pre-paid option for payment of road user charges 17 Pre-paid option for payment of road user charges > > (1) This section applies if the registered operator of a relevant zero or low emissions vehicle is paying the road user charges payable in relation to the vehicle by the pre-paid option. > > > (2) The registered operator must pay to Transport for NSW the road user charge— > > > > > (a) for each 1,000 kilometres the relevant zero or low emissions vehicle travels before the vehicle travels the kilometres, or > > > > > (b) otherwise in accordance with the regulations. > > > (3) To avoid doubt, for the purposes of subsection (2)(a), the registered operator of a relevant zero or low emissions vehicle may pay the road user charge for any multiple of 1,000 kilometres the vehicle will travel. > > > (4) Before the registered operator of a relevant zero or low emissions vehicle may pay road user charges under the pre-paid option, the registered operator must give Transport for NSW a current odometer reading for the vehicle. > > > (5) For the purposes of subsection (4), a registered operator of a relevant zero or low emissions vehicle must give the odometer reading in the way approved by Transport for NSW. > > > (6) At least one of the ways in which an odometer reading may be given under subsection (5) must be by using a device or system that does not transmit information to Transport for NSW without the intervention of the registered operator of the vehicle or another person. > > > (7) A registered operator of a relevant zero or low emissions vehicle who is using the pre-paid option to pay the road user charges payable in relation to the vehicle must ensure the vehicle does not travel a number of kilometres that is more than the number of kilometres for which the road user charge for the vehicle has been paid, unless the operator has a reasonable excuse. > > > (8) The regulations may provide— > > > > > (a) that a person who contravenes subsection (7) commits an offence against the subsection, and > > > > > (b) for a maximum penalty for the offence of not more than— > > > > > > > (i) 20 penalty units for an individual, and > > > > > > > (ii) 100 penalty units for a body corporate. > > > (9) Despite subsection (7), a registered operator of a relevant zero or low emissions vehicle does not commit an offence under subsection (7) if the operator— > > > > > (a) travels no more than 500 kilometres more than the number of kilometres for which the road user charge for the vehicle has been paid, and > > > > > (b) pays the road user charges for the additional kilometres within 21 days after the operator is given written notice by Transport for NSW that the charges are payable. > > > (10) For the purposes of subsection (7), a reasonable excuse includes, but is not limited to, an excuse prescribed by the regulations. > > > (11) Without limiting subsection (10), the regulations may provide— > > > > > (a) that a reasonable excuse may include financial hardship, and > > > > > (b) for the circumstances or criteria that constitute financial hardship, and > > > > > (c) for conditions that apply to a reasonable excuse of financial hardship.