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.