http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/34Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to vehicle excise duty and the registration of vehicles.1994-07-05texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-06-19Expert Participation2024-02-22 Part III Offences Other offences relating to licences Trade licences: penalties.341A person holding a trade licence or trade licences is guilty of an offence if he—auses at any one time on a public road a greater number of vehicles (not being vehicles for which vehicle licences are for the time being in force) than he is authorised to use by virtue of the trade licence or licences,buses a vehicle (not being a vehicle for which a vehicle licence is for the time being in force) on a public road for any purpose other than a purpose which has been prescribed under section 12(2)(b), orcuses the trade licence, or any of the trade licences, for the purposes of keeping on a public road in any circumstances other than circumstances which have been prescribed under section 12(1)(c) a vehicle which is not being used on that road.2A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to an excise penalty of—alevel 3 on the standard scale, orbfive times the amount of the vehicle excise duty chargeable in respect of (in the case of an offence under subsection (1)(a)) the vehicles which he is not authorised to use or (in the case of an offence under subsection (1)(b) or (c)) the vehicle concerned,whichever is the greater.3The amount of the vehicle excise duty chargeable in respect of a vehicle is to be taken for the purposes of subsection (2) to be an amount equal to the annual rate of duty applicable to the vehicle at the date on which the offence was committed.4Where in the case of a vehicle kept (but not used) on a public road that annual rate differs from the annual rate by reference to which the vehicle was at that date chargeable under section 2(3) to (6) , the amount of the vehicle excise duty chargeable in respect of the vehicle is to be taken for those purposes to be an amount equal to the latter rate.5In the case of a conviction for a continuing offence, the offence is to be taken for the purposes of subsections (3) and (4) to have been committed on the date or latest date to which the conviction relates.Words in s. 34(4) substituted (30.11.2003) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 19, Sch. 5 para. 11; S.I. 2003/3086, art. 2(b)
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<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/34" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/22/section/34" id="section-34">
<Pnumber>34</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/1" id="section-34-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A person holding a trade licence or trade licences is guilty of an offence if he—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/1/a" id="section-34-1-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>uses at any one time on a public road a greater number of vehicles (not being vehicles for which vehicle licences are for the time being in force) than he is authorised to use by virtue of the trade licence or licences,</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/1/b" id="section-34-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>uses a vehicle (not being a vehicle for which a vehicle licence is for the time being in force) on a public road for any purpose other than a purpose which has been prescribed under section 12(2)(b), or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/1/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/1/c" id="section-34-1-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>uses the trade licence, or any of the trade licences, for the purposes of keeping on a public road in any circumstances other than circumstances which have been prescribed under section 12(1)(c) a vehicle which is not being used on that road.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/2" id="section-34-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to an excise penalty of—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/2/a" id="section-34-2-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>level 3 on the standard scale, or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/2/b" id="section-34-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>five times the amount of the vehicle excise duty chargeable in respect of (in the case of an offence under subsection (1)(a)) the vehicles which he is not authorised to use or (in the case of an offence under subsection (1)(b) or (c)) the vehicle concerned,</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>whichever is the greater.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/3" id="section-34-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The amount of the vehicle excise duty chargeable in respect of a vehicle is to be taken for the purposes of subsection (2) to be an amount equal to the annual rate of duty applicable to the vehicle at the date on which the offence was committed.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/4" id="section-34-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
Where in the case of a vehicle kept (but not used) on a public road that annual rate differs from the annual rate by reference to which the vehicle was at that date chargeable under
<Substitution ChangeId="d29p5325" CommentaryRef="c18121621">section 2(3) to (6)</Substitution>
, the amount of the vehicle excise duty chargeable in respect of the vehicle is to be taken for those purposes to be an amount equal to the latter rate.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/22/section/34/5" id="section-34-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>In the case of a conviction for a continuing offence, the offence is to be taken for the purposes of subsections (3) and (4) to have been committed on the date or latest date to which the conviction relates.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
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<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c18121621" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in s. 34(4) substituted (30.11.2003) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/23" id="c00641" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="23" Title="Finance Act 2002">Finance Act 2002 (c. 23)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00642" CitationRef="c00641" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/23/section/19" SectionRef="section-19">s. 19</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00643" CitationRef="c00641" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/23/schedule/5/paragraph/11" SectionRef="schedule-5-paragraph-11" Operative="true">Sch. 5 para. 11</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3086" id="c00644" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2003" Number="3086">S.I. 2003/3086</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00645" CitationRef="c00644" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3086/article/2/b" SectionRef="article-2-b" Operative="true">art. 2(b)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>