This instrument prescribes the following:

       (a)     charges in relation to certain matters connected with the administration of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 or the Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018 ;

      (b)     exemptions from the prescribed charges.

The prescribed charges are imposed as taxes by section 6 of the Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition--General) Act 2018 and are imposed only so far as the charge is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.