Appendix 1: Glossary
Accelerometer: a device that measures acceleration forces.
Act: means the Road User Charges Act 1977.
Agency agreement: see service delivery agreement.
Approval: means an approval granted by the Secretary of Transport of an electronic distance recorder.
Audit: includes any visual, physical, mechanical, electrical and electronic inspection as determined by the auditor, to determine a party's capacity to meet, or continue to meet, initial and on-going certification requirements, as set by the Ministry or the NZTA.
Authorisation: means authorisation from the NZTA for an electronic service provider to issue RUC licences electronically.
Authenticated: confirmation that something is what it claims to be and cannot be something else.
Back-end: includes all hardware, operating system/s software application, data and other parts of the information-system used to collect and process data from one or more electronic distance recorders, their associated transport operators, the NZTA and other parties.
Base map: a standard map on which standardised primary data is recorded for reference within the system.
Cadastral: publicly recorded data about legal ownership of land.
Data validation process: see validation.
Dead reckoning: allows a system to estimate present position by projecting past courses and speeds over the ground from a last known position.
Electronic distance recorder: means a distance recorder approved by the Secretary under regulation 6A, fitted to a motor vehicle, that—
- "(a) uses internal and external sensors to—
- (i) accurately measure and record in kilometres the distance travelled by the motor vehicle; and
- (ii) identify and record the location of the distance travelled by the motor vehicle; and
- (b) uses 1 or more electronic display panels that show—
- (i) the distance travelled by the motor vehicle; and
- (ii) the distance licence for the motor vehicle; and
- (c) electronically transfers to the server of an electronic service provider information relating to the distance travelled by the motor vehicle and the location of the distance travelled by the motor vehicle."
An electronic distance recorder operates in a vehicle, performing primarily distance measuring and licence display functions, validated against GNSS positioning, ignition and accelerometer, incorporating secure mobile data communication with a remote back-end operated by the electronic service provider.
Electronic service provider: means a company authorised under section 10(3)(b) of the Act to issue a licence displayed electronically (an agent of the NZTA) and has an approval from the Secretary for Transport under regulation 6A.
Exception: means any time that any part of the information-system is not operating normally or within agreed parameters (as designed or expected).
Factory acceptance testing: testing of electronic distance recorders to demonstrate that all avenues of system tampering have been satisfactorily addressed and the system is capable of operating to specification.
Firmware: the programs and data structures that internally control an electronic device.
Geo fencing: the establishment of a virtual perimeter on a geographic area so that when a specific device enters or exits the area a notification is generated.
Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS): including (and often referred to as) the well-known US NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS), the Russian Glonass system, the European Galileo system, the Chinese Beidou/ Compass system and India's IRNSS system. Of these, the only current fully operational system is GPS.
Hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS): is a combination of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol with the Secure Socket Layer or Transport Layer Security protocol to provide encryption and secure identification of the server. HTTPS connections are often used for payment transactions on the World Wide Web and for sensitive transactions in web based information systems.
Information-system: means an electronic system for producing, sending, receiving, storing, displaying, or otherwise processing, electronic communications. For the purpose of an electronic service provider an information-system includes all electronic distance recorders, all other hardware, software applications and related systems, services, data and communications.
Information-system management plan: details the operational management procedures to follow policy defined by an electronic service provider to effectively meet all the NZTA requirements, the Secretary's terms and conditions and other system objectives. This should include consideration of system architecture, exception handling, backup, continuity of service, disaster recovery and other considerations.
Information-system specifications: details the core requirements for ensuring adequate data-management capability. The NZTA requires assurance that an information-system considers, includes and correctly processes data for all required business functions.
Ignition sensor: means a sensor that can determine whether or not the ignition circuit of a vehicle is in the power-on or power-off state.
Interface: means a set of defined operations that can be invoked by clients of the electronic service provider's information-system.
Internal review: a review arranged by an electronic service provider to ensure that their information system continues to comply with the guidelines. Internal reviews should be conducted at least annually, and documented and corrective action taken if necessary.
Metadata: is structured information that describes, explains, locates, or otherwise makes it easier to retrieve, use, or manage an information resource. Metadata is often called data about data or information about information.
Ministry: the Ministry of Transport.
Non-compliance: a deficiency in the content, documentation or implementation process of an electronic service provider's information-system which means it does not fulfil a term or condition of their approval.
NZTA: the NZ Transport Agency.
NZTA authorised representative: the NZTA Commercial Operators Policy Manager, or any person specified in writing by, or on behalf of, the NZTA Commercial Operations Policy Manager to the electronic service provider as being an authorised representative for the purposes of the voluntary electronic RUC system.
NZTA RUC system: means the NZTA's computer equipment, telecommunications equipment, the software and the Landata database management system.
Regulations: means the Road User Charges Regulations 1978.
Road user charges (RUC): charges payable by individual road users as specified by the third schedule to the Road User Charges Act 1977. Charges are applicable to all vehicles over 3.5 tonnes manufacturer's gross laden weight and all vehicles of 3.5 tonnes or less powered by a fuel not taxed at source (eg, diesel vehicles). All RUC licences are based on a vehicle's motive power, distance travelled, axle configuration and weight*. Charges are paid in advance and each vehicle must be continuously licensed so that when a distance or time is complete a new licence is required.
* This weight refers to the maximum weight that will be carried by the vehicle over a particular licence period not a declaration of the weights that will be carried on particular parts of a trip or on particular roads.
Secretary for Transport: means the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Transport.
Security plan: means the document prepared by an electronic service provider detailing all physical and electronic measures to ensure the information system and information system environment are fit for purpose.
Service delivery agreement: the agreement between the NZTA and an agent for the provision of RUC licensing services.
Tamper: conduct which is intended to prevent an approved system from functioning properly.
Terms and conditions: provisions set by the Secretary for Transport which much be complied with in return for an approval being granted and maintained under Regulation 6A.
Validation: a check to confirm whether data corresponds with defined criteria. This provides a level of certainty that the data is correct and eliminates data that is clearly not correct.
Virtual private network (VPN): a computer network that is implemented in an additional software layer (overlay) on top of an existing larger network for the purpose of creating a private scope of computer communications or providing a secure extension of a private network into an insecure network such as the internet.
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