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The Land Transport (Road User) Amendment Rule 2017 amends the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004 to make it lawful for electric vehicles to be driven in bus lanes and high occupancy vehicle lanes (subject to the road controlling authority making a bylaw permitting this).
Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices Amendment 2017 amends Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 to prescribe road signs and markings relating to the use of electric vehicles.
The Road User Charges (Exemption Period for Heavy Electric RUC Vehicles) Order 2017, made under the Road User Charges Act 2012, exempts heavy electric RUC vehicles from the payment of road user charges until the end of 2025.
The instruments will come into force on 1 September 2017.
