(1)The M1Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 (“the 1971 Act”)and the M2Vehicles (Excise) Act (Northern Ireland)1972 (“the 1972 Act”) shall be amended as follows.
(2)For the words—
(a)“in the second column of” in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1971Act (rates of duty on hackney carriages), and
(b)“in column 2 of” in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1972 Act,
there shall be substituted the words “in relation to its seatingcapacity in the Table in”; and for the Table in Part II of each of thoseSchedules there shall be substituted the Table set out in Part I of Schedule1 to this Act.
(3), (4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
(5)In paragraph 2 of Schedule 4A to the 1971 Act and the 1972 Act (rates ofduty for vehicles carrying or drawing exceptional loads) for “£1,600” there shall be substituted “£3,100”.
(6)In—
(a)subsection (5) of section 16 of the 1971 Act (rates of duty for tradelicences), including that subsection as set out in paragraph 12 of Part I ofSchedule 7 to that Act, and
(b)subsection (6) of section 16 of the 1972 Act, including that subsectionas set out in paragraph 12 of Part I of Schedule 9 to that Act,
for “£85” and “£17” there shall be substituted “£100” and “£20” respectively.
(7)This section shall apply in relation to licences taken out after 14thMarch 1989.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 6(3)(4), Sch. 1 Pt. II, Sch. 2 para. 3 repealed byFinance Act 1990 (c. 29, SIF 58), s. 132, Sch. 19 Pt. II Note 3
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