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Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 (Repealed 1.9.1994)
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SCHEDULE 6E+W+S Provisions as to the Computation of the Unladen Weight of Vehicles
1Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the unladen weight of any mechanically propelled vehicle shall, for the purposes of this Act, be taken to be the weight of the vehicle inclusive of the body and all parts (the heavier being taken where alternative bodies or parts are used) which are necessary to or ordinarily used with the vehicle when working on a road but exclusive of the weight of water, fuel or accumulators used for the purpose of the supply of power for the propulsion of the vehicle, and of loose tools and loose equipment.
2(1)This paragraph applies to any vehicle having a body constructed or adapted for the purpose of being lifted on or off the vehicle with goods or burden contained therein which is from time to time actually used for that purpose in the ordinary course of business.
(2)The unladen weight of a vehicle to which this paragraph applies shall for the purposes of this Act be taken exclusive of the weight of any such body and, where alternative bodies are used, any such body shall be disregarded for the purposes of this Schedule.
(3)If any question arises whether a body is from time to time actually used for the purpose mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above in the ordinary course of business, the body shall be deemed not to be so used until the contrary is shown.
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F1Sch. 6 paras. 3 and 5 repealed by Finance Act 1982 (c. 39, SIF 107:2), s. 5(6)(7), Sch. 22 Pt. II
4For the purposes of [F2Schedule 3] to this Act the unladen weight of a mechanically propelled vehicle shall not be taken to include the weight of a contrivance attached thereto, being a contrivance designed or adapted for the purpose of enabling the vehicle to tow or be towed:
Provided that in computing the unladen weight of a vehicle there shall not, by virtue of this paragraph, be excluded the weight of a contrivance attached to the rear of a vehicle chargeable with duty by virtue of Schedule 3 to this Act or of a vehicle which is chargeable with duty by virtue of Schedule 4 to this Act and is used for drawing a trailer, or, in any event an amount exceeding—
(a)where a contrivance, the weight of which falls to be excluded, is attached to one end only of the vehicle, one hundredweight;
(b)where such a contrivance is attached to each end of the vehicle, two hundredweight.
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F2Words substituted by Finance Act 1982 (c. 39, SIF 107:2), s. 5(6)(7) (in relation to licences first having effect after 30.9.1982)
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F3Sch. 6 paras. 3 and 5 repealed by Finance Act 1982 (c. 39, SIF 107:2), s. 5(6)(7), Sch. 22 Pt. II
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