Part 1

Excise duties

Vehicle excise duty

Disclosure of information for vehicle excise duty exemptions
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In the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c. 22), after section 22 insert—

Nil licences for vehicles for disabled persons: information
22ZA
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This section applies to information that—
a
is held for the purposes of functions relating to social security or war pensions—
i
by the Secretary of State, or
ii
by a person providing services to the Secretary of State, in connection with the provision of those services, and
b
is of a description prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
2
Information to which this section applies may, if the consent condition is satisfied, be supplied—
a
to the Secretary of State, or
b
to a person providing services to the Secretary of State,
for use for the purposes of relevant nil licence functions.
3
The “consent condition”, in relation to any information, is that—
a
if the information was provided by a person other than the person to whom the information relates, the person who provided the information, or
b
in any other case, the person to whom the information relates,
has consented to the supply of the information and has not withdrawn that consent.
4
Information supplied under subsection (2) shall not—
a
be supplied by the recipient to any other person unless—
i
it could be supplied to that person under subsection (2), or
ii
it is supplied for the purposes of any civil or criminal proceedings relating to this Act;
b
be used otherwise than for the purposes of relevant nil licence functions or any such proceedings.
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In this section “relevant nil licence functions” means functions relating to applications for, and the issue of, nil licences in respect of vehicles that are exempt vehicles under—
a
paragraph 19 of Schedule 2, or
b
paragraph 7 of Schedule 4.
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