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Paragraph 1 I1

England and Wales

The following descriptions of motor vehicles are exempt from the first and second charging regimes—

(1)

a vehicle which is—

(a)

being used in the execution of duty; and

(b)

exempt from vehicle excise duty under—

(i)

paragraph 3A (police vehicles);

(ii)

paragraph 4 (fire engines);

(iii)

paragraph 5 (fire and rescue authority vehicles);

(iv)

paragraph 6 (ambulances); or

(v)

paragraph 7 (vehicles being used or kept on a road by a health service body, a National Health Service trust, an NHS foundation trust, a Local Health Board or the Care Quality Commission),

of Schedule 2 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994f1.

(2)

a vehicle which is exempt from vehicle excise duty under—

(a)

paragraph 18 or 19 (vehicles for use by or for purposes of certain disabled people); or

(b)

paragraph 20 (vehicles used for carriage of disabled people by recognised bodies),

of Schedule 2 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.

(3)

a military vehicle that is, a vehicle used for army, naval or air force purposes, while being driven by persons for the time being subject to the orders of a member of the armed forces of the Crown;

(4)

a military vehicle of a visiting force that is, a vehicle used for army, naval or air force purposes, whilst being driven by a person who is part of any unit, contingent or detachment of a visiting force of a country, being present in the United Kingdom on the invitation of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom;

(5)

an omnibus being used for a local service as defined by section 2 of the Transport Act 1985f2;

(6)

a vehicle being used in connection with—

(a)

the collection of charges; or

(b)

the inspection, safety, maintenance, improvement or renewal of or other dealing with the length of road described in Schedule 1 or any structure, works or apparatus in, on, under or over that length of road; and

(7)

a vehicle used by or escorted by the Vehicle and Operator Service Agency in the execution of duty.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 1.10.2013, see art. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

1994 c.22

f2

1985 c. 67.