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Land Transport Management Act 2003 - legislative intent

The purpose of the Act is to contribute to the aim of achieving an integrated, safe, responsive and sustainable land transport system (s3).

To contribute to that purpose, the Act:

• provides for an integrated approach to land transport funding and management
• improves social and environmental responsibility in land transport funding, planning and management
• changes the statutory objectives of Transfund (now Land Transport NZ) and Transit NZ to broaden the focus of each entity
• improves long-term planning and investment in land transport
• ensures that land transport funding is allocated in an efficient and effective manner
• improves the flexibility of tolling, including provisions enabling new roads to be built on a tolled or concession agreement basis or on a basis involving a combination of those methods
• Amends the Local Government Act 1974, the Transit New Zealand Act 1989, and the Land Transport Act 1998, and repeals the Auckland Transport Board Act 1928.