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Part 8 U.K.Miscellaneous

Vehicle excise dutyU.K.

146Rates for new lower-emission vansU.K.

(1)Part 1B of Schedule 1 to VERA 1994 (annual rates of duty: light goods vehicles) is amended as follows.

(2)In paragraph 1J(a) and (b) (rates), after “a” insert “ pre-2007 or post-2008 ”.

(3)In paragraph 1K (meaning of “lower-emission van”), for “ “lower-emission van”” substitute “pre-2007 lower-emission van” .

(4)After paragraph 1L insert—

1MFor the purposes of paragraph 1J, a vehicle to which this Part of this Schedule applies is a “post-2008 lower-emission van” if—

(a)the vehicle is first registered on or after 1 January 2009 and before 1 January 2011,

(b)it is a vehicle to which Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council applies (see Article 2 of that Regulation),

(c)it is powered by a compression ignition engine, and

(d)the emissions from it do not exceed any of the emission limit values specified in Table 1 of Annex 1 to that Regulation in relation to vehicles so powered.