SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Annual rates of duty

Part I General

F11

1

F2Except in the case of a vehicle having an engine with a cylinder capacity not exceeding F31,549 cubic centimetres, the annual rate of vehicle excise duty applicable to a vehicle in respect of which no other annual rate is specified by this Schedule is F4the general rate.

2

The general rate is F10£245.

F52A

In the case of a vehicle having an engine with a cylinder capacity not exceeding F61,549 cubic centimetres, the general rate is F11£150.

F72B

For the purposes of this Schedule the cylinder capacity of an engine shall be calculated in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State.

F83

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F84

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F85

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F91ZA

1

The annual rate of vehicle excise duty applicable to a vehicle to which this paragraph applies is 50 per cent of the rate which (but for this paragraph) would be applicable.

2

This paragraph applies to a vehicle when it is being used, or kept for use, by or for the purposes of a disabled person who is in receipt of personal independence payment by virtue of entitlement to the mobility component at the standard rate if—

a

the vehicle is registered under this Act in the name of the disabled person, and

b

no other vehicle registered in his or her name under this Act is—

i

a vehicle for which a vehicle licence taken out at a rate of duty reduced in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) is in force, or

ii

an exempt vehicle under paragraph 19 of Schedule 2 or paragraph 7 of Schedule 4.

3

This paragraph has effect as if a person were in receipt of personal independence payment by virtue of entitlement to the mobility component at the standard rate in any case where the person would be in receipt of that payment by virtue of that entitlement but for—

a

regulations under section 86(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (treatment as in-patient in hospital or similar institution), or

b

corresponding provision having effect in Northern Ireland.

4

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), a vehicle is to be treated as registered under this Act in the name of a person in receipt of personal independence payment by virtue of entitlement to the mobility component at the standard rate if it is so registered in the name of—

a

an appointee, or

b

a person nominated for the purposes of this paragraph by the person or an appointee.

5

In sub-paragraph (4) “appointee” means a person appointed pursuant to regulations made under (or having effect as if made under) the Social Security Administration Act 1992 or the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 to exercise any of the rights and powers of a person in receipt of personal independence payment.