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1993 No. 2446 (C.51)
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Finance Act 1993, Section 18, (Appointed Day) Order 1993
Made
7th October 1993
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18(3) of the Finance Act 1993(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 1993, Section 18, (Appointed Day) Order 1993.
Appointed Day
2. The appointed day for the purposes of sub-section (2) of section 18 of the Finance Act 1993 (annual rates of duty on vehicles used for carrying or drawing exceptional loads) shall be 30th November 1993.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Robert Key
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
7th October 1993
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 18(2)(a) of the Finance Act 1993 amends paragraph 2 of Schedule 4A to the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 so as to increase the annual rate of vehicles excise duty on vehicles used for carrying or drawing exceptional loads from £3,250 to £4,250 in relation to licences taken out after 16th March 1993 and before the appointed day. Section 18(2)(b) provides for a further increase to £5,000 in relation to licences taken out on or after the appointed day.
This Order appoints 30th November 1993 as the appointed day for the purposes of section 18(2).