9(1)[Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) [and paragraph 11D],] the annual rate of vehicle excise duty applicable to a rigid goods vehicle which ... has [a revenue weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms] shall be determined in accordance with the following table by reference to—U.K.
(a)the [the revenue weight] of the vehicle, and
(b)the number of axles on the vehicle.
[Revenue weight of vehicle | Rate |
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(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
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Exceeding | Not exceeding | Two axle vehicle | Three axle vehicle | Four or more axle vehicle |
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kgs | kgs | £ | £ | £ |
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3,500 | 7,500 | 165 | 165 | 165 |
7,500 | 11,999 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
11,999 | 14,000 | 95 | 95 | 95 |
14,000 | 15,000 | 105 | 95 | 95 |
15,000 | 19,000 | 300 | 95 | 95 |
19,000 | 21,000 | 300 | 125 | 95 |
21,000 | 23,000 | 300 | 210 | 95 |
23,000 | 25,000 | 300 | 300 | 210 |
25,000 | 27,000 | 300 | 300 | 300 |
27,000 | 44,000 | 300 | 300 | 560] |
[(2)The annual rate of vehicle excise duty applicable—
(a)to any rigid goods vehicle which is a showman’s goods vehicle with a revenue weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms but not exceeding 44,000 kilograms, ...
(b)to any rigid goods vehicle which is an island goods vehicle with a revenue weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms, [and
(c)to any rigid goods vehicle which is used loaded only in connection with a person learning to drive the vehicle or taking a driving test,]
shall be the basic goods vehicle rate.
(3)The annual rate of vehicle excise duty applicable to a rigid goods vehicle [which—
(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)has a revenue weight exceeding 44,000 kilograms, and
(c)is not an island goods vehicle,
shall be [£1,585].]
(4)In sub-paragraph (2) the reference to the basic goods vehicle rate is to the rate applicable, by virtue of sub-paragraph (1), to a rigid goods vehicle [which—
(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)falls] within column (3) of the table in that sub-paragraph and has a revenue weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms and not exceeding 7,500 kilograms
(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]