Finance Act 1940

9 Reduction of duty on certain mechanically propelled vehicles used for agricultural purposes.

(1) Sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 4 of the Second Schedule to the Finance Act, 1920, (which, as amended by the Seventh Schedule to the Finance Act, 1933, and section ten of the [2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 41.] Finance Act, 1939, prescribes the rate of duty payable under section thirteen of the Finance Act, 1920, in respect of the mechanically propelled vehicles mentioned in the said paragraph 4) shall, in relation to the use on roads, during the period specified in subsection (3) of this section, of such agricultural and other tractors and engines as are mentioned in the said sub-paragraph (a), have effect as if after paragraph (ii) thereof there were inserted the following paragraph—

“(iii) for hauling, from any such farm to a railway station, or from a railway station to any such farm, agricultural produce of, or articles required for, the farm”.

(2) In subsection (7) of section two of the [25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 24.] Finance Act, 1935 (which excepts from the provisions of that section withdrawing the rebate on heavy oils used as fuel for mechanically propelled vehicles the vehicles mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the said paragraph 4) the reference to the said sub-paragraph (a) shall, in relation to the period mentioned in subsection (3) of this section, be construed as a reference to that sub-paragraph as amended by subsection (1) of this section.

(3) The period hereinbefore referred to is the period beginning with the eleventh day of March, nineteen hundred and forty, and ending with such date as His Majesty may by Order in Council determine, and this section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the said eleventh day of March.