http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/8/section/21Finance Act 1996An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.1996-04-29texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2024-02-22 Part I Excise Duties Vehicle excise duty Exemptions for vehicle testing in Northern Ireland.211Paragraph 22 of Schedule 2 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (exemption for vehicle testing) shall be further amended as follows.2For sub-paragraph (6) (meaning of “compulsory test” in Northern Ireland) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—6In this paragraph “compulsory test” means, as respects Northern Ireland—aan examination to obtain a test certificate under Article 61 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 without which a vehicle licence cannot be obtained for the vehicle,ban examination to obtain a goods vehicle test certificate under Article 65 of that Order, orcan examination to obtain a public service vehicle licence under Article 60(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.3For paragraph (c) of sub-paragraph (7) (as amended by section 20(9) above) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—cin the case of an examination within sub-paragraph (6), an authorised examiner within the meaning of Article 61(3)(a) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 or a vehicle examiner within the meaning of Part III of that Order; and.4In sub-paragraph (9) (meaning of “relevant certificate” in Northern Ireland), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—aa test certificate (within the meaning of Article 61(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995),ba goods vehicle test certificate (within the meaning of Article 65(2) of that Order), or.5In sub-paragraph (10)(a) (meaning of “relevant work”), the words “(or, in Northern Ireland, a vehicle test certificate)” shall be omitted.6This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the date of the coming into operation of Articles 61 and 65 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (“the operational date”).7Subsections (2), (4) and (5) above do not have effect in relation to a compulsory test carried out in Northern Ireland before the operational date except for the purpose of construing, in relation to such a test, the reference to a further compulsory test in paragraph 22(10)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.S. 21 comes into force in accordance with s. 21(6).1994 c. 22. S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18). S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1).
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