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Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994
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8(1)On and after such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint this Act shall have effect as if for section 13 there were substituted—
“13 Trade licences: duration and amount of duty.
“13(1)A trade licence may be taken out—
(a)for a period of twelve months, or
(b)for a period of six months.
(2)A trade licence taken out by a person who is not a motor trader or vehicle tester (having satisfied the Secretary of State as mentioned in section 11(1)(b)) may be taken out only for a period of six months.
(3)The Secretary of State may require that a trade licence taken out by a motor trader or vehicle tester who does not hold an existing trade licence may be taken out only for a period of six months.
(4)The rate of duty applicable to a trade licence taken out for a period of twelve months is—
(a)the annual rate currently applicable to a vehicle under sub-paragraph (1)(c) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 if the licence is to be used only for vehicles to which that paragraph applies, and
(b)otherwise, the annual rate currently applicable to a vehicle under paragraph [F11] of Schedule 1.
(5)The rate of duty applicable to a trade licence taken out for a period of six months is fifty-five per cent. of the rate applicable to the corresponding trade licence taken out for a period of twelve months.
(6)In determining a rate of duty under subsection (5) any fraction of five pence—
(a)if it exceeds two and a half pence, shall be treated as five pence, and
(b)otherwise, shall be disregarded.”
(2)An order under sub-paragraph (1) may appoint different days for different cases.
(3)A licence in force when such an order substitutes for section 13 the provisions set out in sub-paragraph (1) is not affected by that substitution.
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F1By 1996 c. 8, s. 18(4)(b)(5) it is provided that words in s. 13 (as substituted under para. 8 of Sch. 4 of 1994 c. 22) are substituted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 18(5) of the amending Act)
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