13(1)Paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act (haulage vehicles) shall be amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1) for paragraphs (a) and (b) (rate of £100 for showmen’s vehicles and of £330 for other haulage vehicles) there shall be substituted—
“(a)if it is a showman’s vehicle, the same as the basic goods vehicle rate;
(b)in any other case, the general haulage vehicle rate.”
(3)The following sub-paragraphs shall be inserted after sub-paragraph (2)—
“(3)In sub-paragraph (1) the reference to the basic goods vehicle rate is to the rate applicable, by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 9, to a rigid goods vehicle which falls within column (3) of the table in that sub-paragraph and has a revenue weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms and not exceeding 7,500 kilograms.
(4)In sub-paragraph (1) the reference to the general haulage vehicle rate is to 75 per cent. of the rate applicable, by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 11, to a tractive unit which falls within column (3) of the table in that sub-paragraph and has a revenue weight exceeding 12,000 kilograms and not exceeding 16,000 kilograms.
(5)Where an amount arrived at in accordance with sub-paragraph (4) is an amount—
(a)which is not a multiple of £10, and
(b)which on division by ten does not produce a remainder of £5,
the rate is the amount arrived at rounded (either up or down) to the nearest amount which is a multiple of £10.
(6)Where an amount arrived at in accordance with sub-paragraph (4) is an amount which on division by ten produces a remainder of £5, the rate is the amount arrived at increased by £5.”