Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c. 22)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. Annual rates of duty

[F1 PART 1AA U.K. Light Passenger Vehicles Registered On or After 1 April 2017

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 Pt. 1AA inserted (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 46(2)(c)

Graduated rates of duty payable on first vehicle licence U.K.

[F2 1GC (1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of determining the rate at which vehicle excise duty is to be paid on the first vehicle licence for a vehicle to which this Part of this Schedule applies. U.K.

(2) If the vehicle is not a higher rate diesel vehicle, the annual rate of duty applicable to the vehicle is determined in accordance with Table 1 by reference to—

(a) the applicable CO₂ emissions figure, and

(b) whether the vehicle qualifies for the reduced rate of duty or is liable to the standard rate of duty.

(3) If the vehicle is a higher rate diesel vehicle, the annual rate of duty applicable to the vehicle is determined in accordance with Table 2 by reference to the applicable CO₂ emissions figure.

Table 1 - vehicles other than higher rate diesel vehicles

[F3 CO2 Emissions Figure		Rate
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Exceeding	Not exceeding	Reduced rate	Standard Rate
g/km	g/km	£	£
0	50	0	10
50	75	20	30
75	90	125	135
90	100	165	175
100	110	185	195
110	130	210	220
130	150	260	270
150	170	670	680
170	190	1085	1095
190	225	1640	1650
225	255	2330	2340
255	—	2735	2745]

Table 2 - higher rate diesel vehicles

[F4 CO2 Emissions Figure		Rate
(1)	(2)	(3)
Exceeding	Not exceeding	Rate
g/km	g/km	£
0	50	30
50	75	135
75	90	175
90	100	195
100	110	220
110	130	270
130	150	680
150	170	1095
170	190	1650
190	225	2340
225	255	2745
255	—	2745]

(4) For the purposes of this paragraph a vehicle is a higher rate diesel vehicle if it is constructed so as to be propelled by diesel and it does not meet the Euro 6d emissions standard.

(5) A vehicle meets the Euro 6d emissions standard only if it is first registered on the basis of an EU certificate of conformity which indicates that the exhaust emission level is Euro 6d (and it does not meet that standard if it is first registered on the basis of an EU certificate of conformity which indicates that that level is Euro 6d-TEMP).

(6) “Diesel” means any diesel fuel within Article 2 of Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.]]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 1 para. 1GC substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 44(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), s. 44(4)

F3 Sch. 1 para. 1GC Table 1 substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 24(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), s. 24(5)

F4 Sch. 1 para. 1GC Table 2 substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 24(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), s. 24(6)