Finance Act 1994

4 Vehicles excise duty

(1) The [1971 c. 10.] Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 2(1)(b) (six month licences), for “£35” there shall be substituted “£50”.

(3) In Schedule 1 (annual rates of duty on motorcycles), in Part I, paragraph 4(a) (special provision about old motorcycles in Northern Ireland) shall be omitted.

(4) In Schedule 2 (annual rates of duty on hackney carriages)—

(a) in Part I, paragraph 3 (special provision about vehicles used partly for private purposes) and paragraph 5 (special provision for Northern Ireland) shall be omitted; and

(b) in the second column of the first entry in the Table set out in Part II (hackney carriages with seating capacity under nine), for “125” there shall be substituted “130”.

(5) In Schedule 4 (annual rates of duty on goods vehicles), in the Table set out in paragraph 4(1) (articulated vehicles), there shall be inserted at the end—

“38,000

44,000

—

—

—

2,730

2,730

1,240”

(6) In Schedule 4, in paragraph 6 (farmers' goods vehicles and showmen’s goods vehicles), sub-paragraph (6)(a), (c) and (d) (exceptional cases where rate is not determined according to sub-paragraphs (3) to (5)) shall be omitted.

(7) In Schedule 5 (annual rates of duty on vehicles not falling within Schedules 1 to 4A), in the second column of paragraph 2 in the Table set out in Part II (vehicles other than those constructed before 1947), for “125.00” there shall be substituted “130.00”.

(8) This section shall apply in relation to licences taken out after 30th November 1993.