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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicles-excise-act-1971-repealed-191994/schedule-3/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/10",
  "legislation_title": "Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 (Repealed 1.9.1994)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicles-excise-act-1971-repealed-191994",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule “recovery vehicle” means, subject to the provisions of this paragraph, a vehicle which is either constructed or permanently adapted primarily for the purposes of lifting, towing and transporting a disabled vehicle or for any one or more of those purposes.\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, a vehicle which is constructed or permanently adapted as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above shall not be a recovery vehicle if at any time it is used for any purpose other than—\n(a) the recovery of a disabled vehicle;\n(b) the removal of a disabled vehicle from the place where it became disabled to premises at which it is to be repaired or scrapped;\n(c) the removal of a disabled vehicle from premises to which it was taken for repair to other premises at which it is to be repaired or scrapped; and\n(d) carrying . . . fuel and other liquids required for its propulsion and tools and other articles required for the operation of or in connection with apparatus designed to lift, tow or transport a disabled vehicle and\n(e) any purpose prescribed for the purposes of this sub-paragraph\n(3) At any time when a vehicle is being used for purposes specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-paragraph (2) above, the following uses shall be disregarded in determining whether the vehicle is a recovery vehicle—\n(a) use for the carriage of any person who immediately before a vehicle became disabled, was the driver of or a passenger in that vehicle;\n(b) use for the carriage of any goods which, immediately before a vehicle became disabled, were being carried in the disabled vehicle; and\n(c) use for any purpose prescribed for the purposes of this sub-paragraph.\n(4) A vehicle which is constructed or permanently adapted as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above shall not be a recovery vehicle if at any time the number of vehicles which it is used to recover exceeds a number specified by an order of the Secretary of State made for the purposes of this sub-paragraph.\n(5) The power to make an order under sub-paragraph (4) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument; but no such order shall be made unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Finance Act 1989 (c. 26, SIF 107:2), ss. 9, 187(1), Sch. 17 Pt. II Note 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words added by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39, SIF 107:2), s. 4(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word substituted by Finance Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 107:2), s. 4(3)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 8(4)(5) inserted by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39, SIF 107:2), s. 4(3)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/10/schedule/3/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:25.629684+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."
}