Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994

Part II U.K. Motorcycles

2 [F1 (1) The annual rate of vehicle excise duty applicable to a motorcycle that does not exceed 450 kilograms in weight unladen is— U.K.

(a) if the cylinder capacity of the engine does not exceed 150 cubic centimetres, [F2 £16];

(b) if the vehicle is a motorbicycle and the cylinder capacity of the engine exceeds 150 cubic centimetres but does not exceed 400 cubic centimetres, [F3 £36];

(c) if the vehicle is a motorbicycle and the cylinder capacity of the engine exceeds 400 cubic centimetres but does not exceed 600 cubic centimetres, [F4 £55];

(d) in any other case, [F5 £76].]

F6 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) In this paragraph—

• “motorcycle” means a motorbicycle or a motortricycle [F7 but does not include an electrically propelled vehicle],

• “motorbicycle” includes a two-wheeled motor scooter, a bicycle with an attachment for propelling it by mechanical power and a motorbicycle to which a side-car is attached, and

• “motortricycle” includes a three-wheeled motor scooter and a tricycle with an attachment for propelling it by mechanical power.

F8 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 2(1) substituted for Sch. 1 para. 2(1)-(1B) (24.7.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 18(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 18(1)

F2 Word in Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 21(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 21(5)(a)

F3 Word in Sch. 1 para. 2(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 195(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 195(5)(a)

F4 Word in Sch. 1 para. 2(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 195(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 195(5)(b)

F5 Word in Sch. 1 para. 2(d) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 195(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 195(5)(c)

F6 Sch. 1 para. 2(2) repealed (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 18(5) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, ss. 18(2)(5), 205, Sch. 41 Pt. II(3) Note

F7 Sch. 1 para. 2(3): words in the definition of “motorcycle” inserted (retrospectiveto 1.4.2001 with application as mentioned in s. 13(4) of the amending Act) by 2001 c. 9, s. 13(2)(b)(11)(14)

F8 Sch. 1 para. 2(4) repealed (24.7.2002) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), ss. 20(2)(a), 141, Sch. 40 Pt. 1(5) (with s. 20(3))