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Car Tax Act 1983

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Version Superseded: 10/03/1992

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1 Car tax.U.K.

(1)A tax, to be known as car tax, shall be charged in accordance with the provisions of this Act on all chargeable vehicles—

(a)made or registered in the United Kingdom by a person registered under this Act, or

(b)made or registered in, or imported into, the United Kingdom by any other person.

(2)The tax on any vehicle shall be charged—

(a)in the case of a caravan, at the rate of 10 per cent. of three-fifths of its wholesale value, and

(b)in any other case, at the rate of 10 per cent. of the wholesale value of the vehicle.

(3)For the purposes of this section a vehicle is registered if it is registered under the M1Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 or the M2Vehicles (Excise) Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.

(4)Schedule 1 to this Act (which contains provisions relating to the administration and collection of the tax) shall have effect.

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