2014 No. 326

Road Traffic

The HGV Road User Levy (Exemption of Vehicles) Regulations 2014

Made

Laid before the House of Commons

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(3) of the HGV Road User Levy Act 20131.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the HGV Road User Levy (Exemption of Vehicles) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st April 2014.

Exemption of Vehicles2

HGV road user levy is not charged in respect of vehicles within paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act (certain tractive units charged to vehicle excise duty at the basic goods vehicle rate)2.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert GoodwillParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Transport
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations exempt certain articulated heavy goods vehicles (“HGVs”) from being charged the HGV Road User Levy (“the Levy”).

The HGV Road User Levy Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”) imposes a levy for using or keeping an HGV weighing 12 tonnes or more on a public road in the UK. Section 8 of the 2013 Act exempts certain rigid goods vehicles charged vehicle excise duty at the basic goods vehicle rate in paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act from being charged the Levy. These Regulations extend this exemption to certain articulated HGVs charged vehicle excise duty at the basic goods vehicle rate in paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared and is available alongside this instrument on the website, www.legislation.gov.uk.