Electronic RUC system available from 2010

08 December 2009

Transport Minister Steven Joyce has put measures in place that will enable electronic distance recording and electronic display of road user charges (RUC) licences to be used from next year. 

Regulations that set up a process for approving providers of electronic RUC services come into effect from January 1, 2010.  This will enable trucking companies to voluntarily use electronic distance recording devices to measure distance travelled.  Paper-based RUC and mechanical hubodometers will still be available for companies that prefer them.

Read the Minister's full media release on the beehive website.