The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2014/264 |
| Year | 2014 |
2014No. 264
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
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The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988( 1).
Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st April 2014.
Amendment of Regulations
2. (1) The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986( 2) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 80 (over-riding weight restrictions)-
(a) in paragraphs (1), (2), (2A) and (3), before each instance of the word "exceeded", insert "equalled or"; and(b) in paragraph (2B), before the word "exceed", insert "equal or".Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport |
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Robert Goodwill Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport |
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10th February 2014 |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend regulation 80 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 in order to comply with restrictions placed on the level of Vehicle Excise Duty ("VED") on heavy goods vehicles by Directive 1999/62/EC(OJ L187, 20.7.1997, p. 42). The Directive sets minimum amounts of VED for vehicles according to their weight in bands, but a historical difference in the way that the band limits for VED are set in the Directive and in the UK has created a difficulty for vehicles falling on a band limit. The band limits in Annex I of the Directive start at "not less than" a specified weight and end at "less than" a greater specified weight, as opposed to band limits in the UK, which start at "not over" a specified weight and end at "not over" a greater specified weight.
As a result of the way bands are set in the UK, vehicles tend to be plated voluntarily at the top of their respective bands. For example, a three-axle vehicle plated at exactly 21,000kg will fall into VED B* in the UK costing £200 per year. Under the Directive the same vehicle will fall within the band spanning not less than 21,000kg to less than 23,000kg, which sets a minimum VED rate of EUR222.
The HGV Road User Levy Act 2013 will introduce a levy for using or keeping a heavy goods vehicle weighing...
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