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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1993-section-18-appointed-day-order-1993/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1993-section-18-appointed-day-order-1993/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2446",
  "legislation_title": "The Finance Act 1993, Section 18, (Appointed Day) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1993-section-18-appointed-day-order-1993",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nSection 18(2)(a) of the Finance Act 1993 amends paragraph 2 of Schedule 4A to the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 so as to increase the annual rate of vehicles excise duty on vehicles used for carrying or drawing exceptional loads from £3,250 to £4,250 in relation to licences taken out after 16th March 1993 and before the appointed day. Section 18(2)(b) provides for a further increase to £5,000 in relation to licences taken out on or after the appointed day.\nThis Order appoints 30th November 1993 as the appointed day for the purposes of section 18(2).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2446/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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