Draft Order in Council laid before Parliament under section 1(5) of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Act 1952 and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972 for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament. This draft Statutory Instrument supersedes the draft of the same title which was laid before Parliament and published on 17th October 2013 (ISBN 978-0-11-110483-5). It is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that draft Statutory Instrument.
2013 No. 0000
The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order 2013
Made
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the day of 2013
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
A draft of this Order was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 1(5) of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Act 19521 and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 19722 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(1), (2)(b) and (4) of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Act 1952, as extended by article 14(1) of, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 5 to, the Northern Ireland (Modification of Enactments—No. 1) Order 19733, and section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:-
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order 2013 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order 19752
1
The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order 19754 is amended as follows.
2
3
In article 5 (excise exemption and documents for vehicles brought temporarily into the United Kingdom), after paragraph (2)(b) insert—
c
in a case of a vehicle being used for or in connection with a cabotage operation in Great Britain that is not exempt from excise duty under sub-paragraph (b), the vehicle shall be exempt from excise duty if and so long as—
i
that cabotage operation consists of national carriage for hire or reward by a haulier who is a holder of a Community licence and whose driver, if a national of a country which is not a member State, holds a driver attestation;
ii
the vehicle is being used only for or in connection with the carriage of vehicles in categories M1 and N1, as defined in Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles7; and
iii
the vehicle is being used at any time during a period beginning with—
aa
22nd February and ending with 31st March; or
bb
25th August and ending with 30th September.
4
In paragraph (9) after the definition of “the date of importation” insert—
“Community licence” and “driver attestation” have the same meanings as in the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for access to the international road haulage market;
(This note is not part of the Order)