HC Deb 05 December 1995 vol 268 cc251-2

Resolved,

That—

(1) In Schedule 1 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994, in paragraph 2(1)(a), after "150 cubic centimetres" there shall be inserted "or the motorcycle is an electrically propelled vehicle".

(2) In paragraph 4F of that Schedule—

  1. (a) in sub-paragraph (1), after "electrically propelled vehicle" there shall be inserted "other than a motorcycle (within the meaning of Part II of this Schedule)"; and
  2. (b) sub-paragraph (2) shall be omitted.

(3) In section 62 of that Act, after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

"(1A) For the purposes of this Act, a vehicle is not an electrically propelled vehicle unless the electrical motive power is derived from—

  1. (a) a source external to the vehicle, or
  2. (b) an electrical storage battery which is not connected to any source of power when the vehicle is in motion."

(4) Paragraphs (1) to (3) of this Resolution apply in relation to licences taken out after 28th November 1995.

And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.