为货运运营商“减负”：新西兰推进一揽子道路运输规则改革
新西兰政府表示，从8月初开始，一系列实际监管改革将帮助企业应对燃料价格不确定性带来的影响。
这项重型车辆规则改革方案由监管部长大卫·西摩（David Seymour）和交通部长克里斯·毕晓普（Chris Bishop）共同宣布，将于8月6日正式生效。
核心目标：降低成本、提升效率
西摩表示，这些改革来自政府设立的“Red Tape Tipline（监管负担举报渠道）”，政府收到了来自企业、燃料使用者、货运公司及公众的大量反馈。
他说：
“有些建议非常有价值，已经到了不能忽视的程度，因此现在正在落实。”
政府与交通部、监管部共同评估后认为，应尽快实施部分改革，以提供监管减负。
西摩表示：
“这些是务实、常识性的改革，将降低合规成本，提高生产力，让运输规则更简单易懂。”
主要改革内容
1. 取消部分许可要求（HPMV）
政府将永久取消部分**高生产力重型车辆（HPMV）**的额外许可要求，包括：
- 50MAX卡车
- 空载租赁HPMV在车场之间调度或交付客户时的运输
政府表示，这些车辆本身已获准在特定路线运行，额外许可已无实际意义。
2. 放宽驾驶证与车辆重量限制
改革还包括：
- 允许Class 1驾驶证驾驶更重的零排放车辆（最高至7,500公斤）
- 允许Class 2驾驶证驾驶更重的电动巴士（最高至22,000公斤）
交通部长毕晓普表示：
“零排放车辆因电池技术更重，但现有规则无意中阻碍了投资。”
3. 取消H牌及简化合规要求
未来改革还将包括：
- 取消H牌（H plates）要求
- 简化规则不一致问题
- 删除已不再使用的法规定义
- 取消“加速驾驶许可程序（ALP）”
- 统一拖拉机及特殊车辆限速至40公里/小时
- 更新超宽车辆引导标识系统（新增三种标志）
新增标志包括：
- “OVERSIZE LOAD AHEAD”（前方超宽车辆）
- “OVERSIZE LOAD FOLLOWS”（后方有超宽车辆）
- “PREPARE TO PULL OVER”（准备靠边停车）
4. 简化超宽运输标识规则
改革还包括：
- 将部分标识规范从VDAM规则中移出
- 简化交通控制规则体系
- 删除重复或不必要的标识要求
燃料应对计划的一部分
政府表示，这些措施属于燃料应对监管减负计划第一阶段（Phase 1）。
改革将通过行政法令（Order in Council）于8月6日生效。
政府还表示，更多相关规则改革将于今年晚些时候陆续实施。
政府立场：不增加负担，但提高效率
毕晓普表示：
“不是所有燃料价格带来的问题都能由政府解决，但我们可以确保过时的规则不会增加额外成本。”
他补充：
“取消这些许可要求可以降低合规成本，减少NZTA行政负担，并提升全国货运效率。”
未来方向
政府表示，这些改革是更大范围的《陆路运输规则改革计划》的一部分，目标包括：
- 现代化过时法规
- 减少监管负担
- 提高运输系统安全性与生产力
西摩总结称：
“这些改变整体上将推动一个更高效、更具韧性的货运系统，让新西兰保持运转。”
From early August, practical regulatory changes will help businesses manage the impacts of fuel price uncertainty, Regulation Minister David Seymour and Transport Minister Chris Bishop say.
The package of heavy vehicle rule changes will reduce compliance costs, improve productivity, and remove barriers to investment in modern vehicles. These changes will take effect on 6 August.
“It’s important to Kiwis that they have a say on rules that affect them,” Mr Seymour says.
“Earlier this year we called for businesses, fuel users, freight operators, and the wider public to report any regulatory barriers that might be hindering our response to global fuel pressures to the Red Tape Tipline. Some of those ideas were too good to ignore and are now being implemented.
“The Ministry for Regulation has worked with the Ministry of Transport to test and progress the best ones. Now, we are making changes to provide regulatory relief for Kiwis. Analysis from the two Ministries found that some changes should be made now.
“These are practical, common-sense changes that reduce compliance costs, improve productivity, and make our transport rules easier to understand and comply with. they remove outdated requirements, reduce paperwork, and make it easier for operators to get on with the job.”
As part of Phase 1 of the Government’s fuel response regulatory relief work, the Government will permanently remove permit requirements for some High Productivity Motor Vehicles (HPMVs), including 50MAX trucks and unladen rental service HPMVs being repositioned between depots or delivered to customers.
“These vehicles are already approved to operate on specific routes, so requiring additional permits serves little practical purpose,” Mr Bishop says.
“Not every challenge created by higher fuel prices can be solved by Government, but we can make sure outdated regulations aren’t adding unnecessary costs on top.
“Removing these permit requirements cuts compliance costs for operators, reduces administrative burden on NZTA, and helps freight move more efficiently around the country.”
The Government has also agreed to permanently allow Class 1 licence holders to drive heavier zero-emission vehicles up to 7,500kg, and Class 2 licence holders to drive heavier electric buses up to 22,000kg.
“Zero-emission trucks and buses are often heavier because of their battery technology. Current licence thresholds can unintentionally discourage operators from investing in them,” Mr Bishop says.
“We’re fixing that by making sure licence rules keep pace with vehicle technology and don’t stand in the way of investment.”
The changes will take effect on 6 August through an Order in Council.
The Government has also agreed to a range of additional heavy vehicle rule changes that are expected to come into force later this year, including removing H-plate requirements for HPMVs and improving signage requirements for load pilot vehicles.
“These are practical, common-sense changes that reduce compliance costs, improve productivity, and make our transport rules easier to understand and comply with,” Mr Seymour says.
The changes form part of the Government’s wider Land Transport Rules Reform programme and have been accelerated where appropriate under the Government’s fuel response regulatory relief work.
“Taken together, these changes support a more productive, resilient and efficient freight sector that keeps New Zealand moving,” Mr Bishop says.
Notes to editor:
These changes are part of the Government’s Land Transport Rules Reform programme, which is focused on modernising outdated rules, reducing red tape, and supporting a safer, more productive transport system.
An Order in Council is a type of secondary legislation made by the executive branch of government without needing to pass a full act through Parliament.
Class 1 drivers of heavier zero-emission vehicles will also be exempted from the Transport Service Licence requirement, to align with the requirements for other vehicles that can be driven on a Class 1 licence.
The full list of agreed heavy vehicle rule changes that are expected to come into effect before the end of the year includes:
removing the requirement for High Productivity Motor Vehicles (HPMVs) to display H plates.
incorporating the Bolster Attachment Code by reference.
removing an unused definition from the Land Transport Rule: Heavy Vehicles 2004 (the Heavy Vehicles Rule).
removing the Accelerated Licensing Process (ALP).
standardising speed limits for tractors and special-type vehicles to 40 km/h.
introducing three new load pilot vehicle signs:’OVERSIZE LOAD AHEAD’, ‘OVERSIZE LOAD FOLLOWS’, and ‘PREPARE TO PULL OVER’, to better inform motorists
removing load pilot signage specifications from the Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Dimensions and Mass 2016 (VDAM) and retaining those in the Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004, to simplify the requirements.
removing the requirement for forward-facing and rear-facing load pilot signs to be on the reverse of each other.
