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Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994

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Point in time view as at 31/01/1997. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

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Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994, Paragraph 2 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 10 December 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

2(1)The annual rate of vehicle excise duty applicable to a motorcycle which does not exceed 450 kilograms in weight unladen is—

[F1(a)if the cylinder capacity of the engine does not exceed 150 cubic centimetres [F2or the motorcycle is an electrically propelled vehicle], 10 per cent. of the general rate specified in paragraph 1(2);

(b)if the vehicle is a motorbicycle and the cylinder capacity of the engine exceeds 150 cubic centimetres but does not exceed 250 cubic centimetres, 25 per cent. of the general rate specified in paragraph 1(2);

(c)in any other case, 40 per cent. of the general rate specified in paragraph 1(2).]

[F3(1A)Where an amount arrived at in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) is an amount—

(a)which is not a multiple of £5, and

(b)which on division by five does not produce a remainder of £2.50,

the rate is the amount arrived at rounded (either up or down) to the nearest amount which is a multiple of £5.

F3(1B)Where an amount arrived at in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) is an amount which on division by five produces a remainder of £2.50, the rate is the amount arrived at increased by £2.50.]

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(3)In this paragraph—

  • motorcycle” means a motorbicycle or a motortricycle,

  • motorbicycle” includes a two-wheeled motor scooter, a bicycle with an attachment for propelling it by mechanical power and a motorbicycle to which a side-car is attached, and

  • motortricycle” includes a three-wheeled motor scooter and a tricycle with an attachment for propelling it by mechanical power.

(4)For the purposes of this paragraph the cylinder capacity of an engine shall be calculated in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State.

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(a)-(c) substituted (1.5.1995 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 4 para. 16 of the amending Act) by 1995 c. 4, s. 19, Sch. 4 Pt. III paras. 7(2), 16

F2Words in Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(a) inserted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 15(4) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 15(1)(4)

F3Sch. 1 para. 2(1A)(1B) inserted (1.5.1995 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 4 para. 16 of the amending Act) by 1995 c. 4, s. 19, Sch. 4 Pt. III paras. 7(3), 16

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