Part 4Employment income: exemptions

Chapter 2Exemptions: mileage allowances and passenger payments

Supplementary

235Vehicles to which this Chapter applies

1

This Chapter applies to cars, vans, motor cycles and cycles.

2

Car” means a mechanically propelled road vehicle which is not—

a

a goods vehicle,

b

a motor cycle, or

c

a vehicle of a type not commonly used as a private vehicle and unsuitable to be so used.

3

Van” means a mechanically propelled road vehicle which—

a

is a goods vehicle, and

b

has a design weight not exceeding 3,500 kilograms,

and which is not a motor cycle.

4

Motor cycle” has the meaning given by section 185(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52).

5

Cycle” has the meaning given by section 192(1) of that Act.

6

In this section—

  • 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;

  • goods vehicle” means a vehicle of a construction primarily suited for the conveyance of goods or burden of any description.