2(1)Paragraph 1 (vehicles chargeable at the basic rate of duty) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1)(a) for the words “does not exceed 7.5 tonnes” there shall be substituted the words “exceeds 3,500 kilograms but does not exceed 7,500 kilograms”.
(3)In sub-paragraph (1)(b) for the words “an unladen weight which exceeds 1,525 kilograms” there shall be substituted the words “a design weight which exceeds 3,500 kilograms”.
(4)In sub-paragraph (1)(c) for the words “an unladen weight which exceeds 1,525 kilograms” there shall be substituted the words “a plated gross weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms or, in the case of a vehicle which has no such weight, a design weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms”.