SCHEDULES

Section 5.

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Vehicles Excise Duty: Rates

Part I U.K. Table Substituted in Part II of Schedule 3 to the 1971 Act and the 1972 Act

Description of vehicle	Rate of duty
	£
1. Special machines	16.00
2. Haulage vehicles, being show- men’s vehicles	90.00
3. Haulage vehicles, not being showmen’s vehicles	330.00
4. Recovery vehicles	50.00

Part II U.K. Amendments of Part I of Schedule 4 to the 1971 Act

1 Part I of Schedule 4 to the 1971 Act (annual rates of duty on goods vehicles: general provisions) shall be amended as follows.

2 (1) Paragraph 1 (vehicles chargeable at the basic rate of duty) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(a) for the words “does not exceed 7.5 tonnes” there shall be substituted the words “exceeds 3,500 kilograms but does not exceed 7,500 kilograms”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (1)(b) for the words “an unladen weight which exceeds 1,525 kilograms” there shall be substituted the words “a design weight which exceeds 3,500 kilograms”.

(4) In sub-paragraph (1)(c) for the words “an unladen weight which exceeds 1,525 kilograms” there shall be substituted the words “a plated gross weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms or, in the case of a vehicle which has no such weight, a design weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms”.

F1 3 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 3 repealed (8.11.1993) by S.I. 1993/2452, art. 3, Sch. 2.

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Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 4 repealed (8.11.1993) by S.I. 1993/2452, art. 3, Sch. 2.

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Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 5 repealed (8.11.1993) by S.I. 1993/2452, art. 3, Sch. 2.

6 (1) Paragraph 5 (special types of vehicle) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) for the words from “an unladen” to “plated train” there shall be substituted the words “a plated gross weight or plated train weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms or, in the case of a vehicle which has neither a plated gross weight nor a plated train weight, a design weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms; and

(a) which, in the case of a vehicle having a plated gross weight or plated train weight, has such a”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (1)(b) for the words “42 of that Act” there shall be substituted the words “44 of the M1 Road Traffic Act 1988”.

F4 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 6(4) repealed (8.11.1993) by S.I. 1993/2452, art. 3, Sch. 2.

Marginal Citations

M1 1988 c. 52.

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Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 7 repealed (8.11.1993) by S.I. 1993/2452, art. 3, Sch. 2.

8 Paragraph 7 shall cease to have effect.

9 In paragraph 15(1) (interpretation) the following definition shall be inserted after the definition of “business”—

• ““design weight” means the weight which a vehicle is designed or adapted not to exceed when in normal use and travelling on a road laden;”.

F6 Part III U.K.

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 2 Pt. III (paras. 10-11) repealed(1.10.1991) by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 107:2), ss. 10, 123, Sch. 19 Pt.IV; S.I. 1991/2021, art.2.

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Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 2 Pt. III (paras. 10-11) repealed(1.10.1991) by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 107:2), ss. 10, 123, Sch. 19 Pt.IV; S.I. 1991/2021, art.2.

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Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 2 Pt. III (paras. 10-11) repealed(1.10.1991) by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 107:2), ss. 10, 123, Sch. 19 Pt.IV; S.I. 1991/2021, art.2.

F9 Part IV U.K. Tables Substituted in Part II of Schedule 4 to the 1971 Act and the 1972 Act

Textual Amendments

F9 Sch. 2 Pt. IV repealed (8.11.1993) by S.I. 1993/2452, art. 3, Sch. 2.

Prospective