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PART IE+W+S

1.  Any tractor as defined in paragraph 4(3) of Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (as originally enacted) while being used for one or more of the purposes specified in Part II of this Schedule.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 1 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

2.  A dual-purpose vehicle and any trailer drawn by it.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 2 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

3.  A vehicle used on a road only in passing from private premises to other private premises in the immediate neighbourhood belonging (except in the case of a vehicle so used only in connection with excavation or demolition) to the same person, provided that the distance travelled on a road by any such vehicle does not exceed in the aggregate 9.654 kilometres, (6 miles), in any one week.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I3Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 3 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

4.  A motor vehicle constructed or adapted primarily for the carriage of passengers and their effects, and any trailer drawn by it, while being so used.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I4Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 4 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

5.  A vehicle which is being used for funerals.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I5Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 5 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

6.  A vehicle which is being used for police, [F1Scottish Fire and Rescue Service] [F2or, in England or Wales, fire and rescue authority] or ambulance [F3or Serious Organised Crime Agency] purposes.E+W+S

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I6Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 6 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

7.  A vehicle which is being used for fire-fighting or rescue operations at mines.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I7Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 7 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

8.  A vehicle on which no permanent body has been constructed, which is being used only for carrying burden which either is carried solely for the purpose of test or trial, or consists of articles and equipment which will form part of the completed vehicle when the body is constructed.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I8Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 8 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

9.  A vehicle which is being used under a trade licence.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I9Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 9 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

10.  A vehicle in the service of a visiting force or of a headquarters [F4within the meaning of article 8(9) of the Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) Order 1999].E+W+S

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I10Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 10 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

11.  A vehicle used by or under the control of Her Majesty’s United Kingdom forces.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I11Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 11 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

12.  A trailer not constructed primarily for the carriage of goods but which is being used incidentally for that purpose in connection with the construction, maintenance or repair of roads.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I12Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 12 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

13.  A road roller and any trailer drawn by it.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I13Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 13 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

14.  A vehicle while being used under the direction of HM Coastguard or of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution for the carriage of life-boats, life-saving appliances or crew.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I14Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 14 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

15.  A vehicle fitted with a machine, appliance, apparatus or other contrivance which is a permanent or essentially permanent fixture, provided that the only goods carried on the vehicle are—E+W+S

[F5(a)water, fuel, accumulators and other equipment used for the purpose of propulsion or the running of the vehicle, loose tools and loose equipment;]

(b)to be mixed by the machine, appliance, apparatus or contrivance with other goods not carried on the vehicle on a road in order to thrash, grade, clean or chemically treat grain;

(c)to be mixed by the machine, appliance, apparatus or contrivance with other goods not carried on the vehicle in order to make fodder for animals; or

(d)mud or other matter swept up from the surface of a road by the use of the machine, appliance, apparatus or other contrivance.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I15Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 15 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

16.  A vehicle while being used by a local authority for the purposes of the enactments relating to weights and measures or the sale of food and drugs.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I16Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 16 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

17.  A vehicle while being used by a local authority in the discharge of any function conferred on or exercisable by that authority under Regulations made under the Civil Defence Act 1948 M1.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I17Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 17 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M11948 c.5, (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6).

18.  A steam-propelled vehicle.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I18Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 18 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

19.  A tower wagon or trailer drawn thereby, provided that the only goods carried on the trailer are goods required for use in connection with the work on which the tower wagon is ordinarily used as such.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I19Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 19 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

20.  A vehicle while being used for the carriage of goods within an aerodrome within the meaning of section 105(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 M2.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I20Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 20 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

21.  An electrically propelled vehicle [F6first registered before 1st March 2015].E+W+S

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I21Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 21 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

22.  A showman’s goods vehicle and any trailer drawn thereby.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I22Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 22 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

F722A.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F823.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

[F923A.—(1) A vehicle which is being used in Great Britain to carry out a cabotage operation—E+W+S

(a)which consists of national carriage for hire or reward by a haulier who is a holder of a Community licence and whose driver, if a national of a country which is not a member State, holds a [F10EU driver attestation];

(b)where the vehicle is being used only for the carriage of vehicles in categories M1 and N1, as defined in [F11Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles]; and

(c)the vehicle is being used at any time during a period beginning with—

(i)22nd February and ending with 31st March; or

(ii)25th August and ending with 30th September.

(2) In this paragraph “Community licence” and “[F12EU driver attestation]” have the same meanings as in Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market.”]

Textual Amendments

F11Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 23A(1)(b) substituted (1.9.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 10(2) (with Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)

F1323B.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

24.  A goods vehicle first used before 1 January 1977 which has an unladen weight not exceeding 1525 kilograms and for which the maximum gross weight, as shown on a plate affixed to the vehicle by virtue of regulation 66 of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 or any provision which that regulation replaced, exceeds 3500 kilograms but does not exceed 3556.21 kilograms (3½ tons).E+W+S

Commencement Information

I23Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 24 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

25.  A vehicle while being used by a highway authority for the purposes of section 196 the Road Traffic Act 1988 M3.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I24Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 25 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M31988 c.52; to which there are amendments not relevant to this provision.

26.  A vehicle being held ready for use in an emergency by an undertaking for the supply of water, electricity, gas or telephone services.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I25Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 26 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

27.  A recovery vehicle.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I26Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 27 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

28.  A vehicle which is being used for snow clearing, or for the distribution of grit, salt or other materials on frosted, icebound or snow-covered roads or for going to or from the place where it is to be used for the said purposes or for any other purpose directly connected with those purposes.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I27Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 28 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

29.  A vehicle proceeding to or from a station provided by the Secretary of State under section 45 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 for the purposes of an examination of that vehicle under that section provided that—E+W+S

(a)the only load being carried is a load required for the purposes of the examination; and

(b)it is being carried at the request of the Secretary of State.

Commencement Information

I28Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 29 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1

[F1430.  A vehicle in a category or sub-category listed in column 1 of Table 2 in regulation 37 of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999, provided that—E+W+S

(a)no goods are being carried on the vehicle or trailer other than any that may be carried on the vehicle for the purposes of a practical test of driving skills and behaviour, as prescribed in that regulation 37;

(b)any goods that are being carried on the vehicle or trailer are being carried only for the purposes of driver instruction and not otherwise—

(i)for hire or reward, or

(ii)for or in connection with any trade or business; and

(c)the vehicle is—

(i)being used for the instruction of a driver who has not passed a test of competence to drive that class of vehicle under section 89 of the Road Traffic Act 1988;

(ii)proceeding to or from a test of competence to drive that class of vehicle under section 89 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 or being used in such a test; or

(iii)being used in the course of—

(aa)a driving lesson for the purpose of enabling a person to obtain a CPC within the meaning of the Vehicle Drivers (Certificate of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007;

(bb)periodic training as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Vehicle Drivers (Certificate of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007; or

(cc)an initial CPC test as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Vehicle Drivers (Certificate of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007; ]

Textual Amendments

[F1531.  A vehicle—E+W+S

(a)fuelled entirely by alternative fuel,

(b)with a [F16maximum laden weight] not exceeding 4.25 tonnes,

(c)currently used in Great Britain for the carriage of goods, and

(d)which has not been so used outside Great Britain.]

Textual Amendments

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