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Definitions

Many of the terms used on this site or in toll notices are defined here.

 

Definitions

 

Term Definition
Account means an account held in your name by us, to pay Tolls and Fees.
Account Set-Up Amount means: a) the Calculated Minimum Amount; or b) any greater amount requested by you and agreed by us.
Act means the Land Transport Management Act 2003.
Calculated Minimum Amount means the minimum Account Set-Up Amount calculated by us, based on the number of Nominated Vehicles registered to an Account.
Dishonour Fee means an amount debited by us to your Account to recover the cost of any fee or fees charged by your financial institution, whether incurred by you or by us, because insufficient funds or credit are available to meet a payment obligation under this agreement.
Electronic Toll Point means any place on a Toll Road where vehicles are detected by an electronic tolling system, and includes a toll payment point under the Act.
Enforcement Authority means the authority responsible for enforcing toll collection.
Fee means a charge for providing a service in accordance with the Schedule of Fees, and includes an administration charge under section 51(4) of the Act.
GST means goods and services tax.
Nominated Bank Account means a valid account with a financial institution nominated by you as a source of payment for your Account.
Nominated Credit Card means a valid credit card nominated by you as a source of payment for your Account.
Nominated Vehicle means a vehicle that you’ve nominated under clause 4, for the purpose of enabling Tolls incurred in respect of that vehicle to be debited from your Account.
Notification means delivery (as applicable): a) by post to your nominated postal address, which is deemed to have taken place 3 days after the date of posting by us; or b) electronically to your email address, which is deemed to have taken place when we receive confirmation of transmission on our server, and “Notify” and “Notified” have the corresponding meanings.
Road Controlling Authority means the controlling authority for a Toll Road.
Schedule of Fees means the list of Fees published on the Tollroad Online website.
Toll means the fixed charge levied by the operator of a Toll Road for the use of the road under the Act, and Tolls has a corresponding meaning.
Toll Road means a road listed on the Tollroad Online website, for which you can use your Account to pay Tolls.
Tollroad Online Website means NZTA Tollroad Online (www.tollroad.govt.nz).
Toll Road Operator means the agency designated as the operator of a Toll Road under the Act.
Toll Trip means the driving of a vehicle in one direction through one or more Electronic Toll Points uninterrupted by exit or subsequent re-entry on a single Toll Road.
Top-Up Threshold means an amount, identified by us in advance, which will trigger a top-up of the balance of the Account.