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Electric Vehicles (Revenue Arrangements) Act 2021
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> > (1) The Governor may make regulations about a matter that is—
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> > > (a) required or permitted to be prescribed by this Act, or
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> > > (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
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> > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may provide for the following—
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> > > (a) exemptions and concessions in relation to the classes of vehicles and registered operators of vehicles to which this Act applies,
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> > > (b) refunds, discounts and waivers in relation to road user charges,
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> > > (c) matters in relation to the payment of road user charges, including pre-paid and post-paid options and the ways in which charges may be paid,
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> > > (d) matters relating to the calculation of the number of kilometres zero or low emissions vehicles have travelled on private land, including the evidence required to establish proof of the number of kilometres travelled on private land,
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> > > (e) matters in relation to the assessment of road user charges, including—
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> > > > (i) the issue of invoices for charges, and
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> > > > (ii) objections to and appeals against the assessment of charges, and
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> > > > (iii) reassessment of road user charges,
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> > > (f) the payment of interest and penalties in relation to failures to pay road user charges or the late payment of road user charges,
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> > > (g) the recovery of unpaid road user charges,
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> > > (h) matters relating to the enforcement of this Act, including—
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> > > > (i) the inspection of vehicles, and
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> > > > (ii) the ways in which odometer readings for zero or low emissions vehicles may be verified, and
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> > > > (iii) the power to cancel or suspend the registration of zero or low emissions vehicles for failure to pay road user charges or otherwise comply with this Act,
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> > > (i) matters relating to the liability to pay road user charges when ownership or registration of zero or low emissions vehicles is transferred or otherwise changes,
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> > > (j) records to be kept for the purposes of this Act,
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> > > (k) returns to be provided for the purposes of this Act,
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> > > (l) the service of notices under this Act.
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> > (3) The regulations may create offences punishable by a penalty of not more than—
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> > > (a) 20 penalty units for an individual, or
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> > > (b) 100 penalty units for a body corporate.
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> > (4) To avoid doubt—
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> > > (a) the regulations may not provide for the payment of fees under this Act, and
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> > > (b) regulations providing for the payment of road user charges, the assessment of road user charges or the payment of interest and penalties in relation to road user charges may not include a requirement to pay administrative costs that are more than the costs reasonably incurred in producing notices and statements to persons required to pay the road user charges, interest or penalties.