{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hgv-road-user-levy-act-2013/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hgv-road-user-levy-act-2013/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/7",
  "legislation_title": "HGV Road User Levy Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hgv-road-user-levy-act-2013",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Exemptions and reductions",
  "text": "(1) HGV road user levy is not charged in respect of vehicles within paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act (certain rigid goods vehicles charged to vehicle excise duty at the basic goods vehicle rate).\n(2) HGV road user levy is not charged in respect of a vehicle for a period during which the vehicle is licensed by a licence under section 11 of the 1994 Act (trade licences).\n(3) Regulations may provide for HGV road user levy not to be charged, or to be charged at a reduced rate, in respect of prescribed categories of heavy goods vehicle.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 1.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/797, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/7/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:28.960938+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}