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Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994

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Valid from 24/07/2002

[F17A Supplement payable on late renewal of vehicle licenceU.K.

(1)Regulations may make provision for a supplement of a prescribed amount to be payable in prescribed cases where—

(a)a vehicle licence taken out for a vehicle expires, and

(b)no vehicle licence is issued for the vehicle—

(i)before the end of such period beginning with the expiry of the expired licence as may be prescribed, and

(ii)for a period beginning with that expiry.

(2)A supplement under this section—

(a)shall be payable by such person, or jointly and severally by such persons, as may be prescribed;

(b)shall become payable at such time as may be prescribed;

(c)may be of an amount that varies according to the length of the period between—

(i)the expiry of the licence by reason of whose non-renewal the supplement becomes payable, and

(ii)the time at which the supplement is paid or that licence is renewed.

(3)A supplement under this section that has become payable—

(a)is in addition to any vehicle excise duty charged in respect of the vehicle concerned;

(b)does not cease to be payable by reason of a vehicle licence being taken out for the vehicle after the supplement has become payable;

(c)may, without prejudice to section 6 or 7B(2) and (3) or any other provision of this Act, be recovered as a debt due to the Crown.

(4)In this section—

(a)references to the expiry of a vehicle licence include a reference to—

(i)its surrender, and

(ii)its being treated as no longer in force for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 31A by subsection (4) of that section;

(b)prescribed” means prescribed by, or determined in accordance with, regulations;

(c)regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury.

(5)No regulations to which subsection (6) applies shall be made under this section unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

(6)This subsection applies to regulations under this section that—

(a)provide for a supplement to be payable in a case where one would not otherwise be payable,

(b)increase the amount of a supplement,

(c)provide for a supplement to become payable earlier than it would otherwise be payable, or

(d)provide for a supplement to be payable by a person by whom the supplement would not otherwise be payable.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 7A, 7B inserted (24.7.2002 for the purpose of the exercise of any power to make regulations and 30.11.2003 otherwise) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 19, Sch. 5 para. 5 ; S.I. 2003/3086, art. 2(b)

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