15HGV road user levy and vehicle licences
(1)In section 7 of the 1994 Act (issue of vehicle licences), after subsection (5) there is inserted—
“(5A)The Secretary of State is not required to issue a vehicle licence for a heavy goods vehicle if not satisfied that the appropriate HGV road user levy has been paid.”
(2)In subsection (8) of that section, for “section “special vehicle”” there is substituted “section—
“”the appropriate HGV road user levy”, in relation to a vehicle licence, means the HGV road user levy charged for the period for which the licence would have effect;
“heavy goods vehicle” has the same meaning as in the HGV Road User Levy Act 2013;
“special vehicle””.