S.I. No. 84/1960:

ROAD VEHICLES (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1960

ROAD VEHICLES (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1960

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 12 of the Roads Act, 1920, section 3 of the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act, 1952 (No. 24 of 1952), section 1 of the said Act as amended by section 20 of the Finance Act, 1958 (No. 25 of 1958) and section 4 of the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) (Amendment) Act, 1960 (No. 1 of 1960) hereby makes the following Regulations :

1.--(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations, 1960.

(2) These Regulations and the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 1958 ( S.I. No. 13 of 1958 ), the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations, 1958 ( S.I. No. 198 of 1958 ) and the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations, 1959 ( S.I. No. 217 of 1959 ) shall be construed as one.

2. Where a local authority declare a weighbridge to be an appointed weighbridge for the purposes of section 3 of the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) (Amendment) Act, 1960 , they shall publish in at least two newspapers circulating in their functional area notice that such weighbridge has been so declared.

3. Where an addition within the meaning of section 2 of the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) (Amendment) Act, 1960 is included in the unladen weight in respect of which a vehicle is licensed, the licence may be surrendered to the licensing authority with whom the vehicle is registered at any time not later than three months before the expiry of the licence.

4.--(1) Where a licence has been surrendered under article 3 of these Regulations and the owner of the vehicle proposes to use the vehicle during the remainder of the licensing period in a condition that would render it chargeable with duty at a rate lower than that at which duty has been paid, the licensing authority may, on the application of the owner and on delivery to the licensing authority of the registration book--

(a) issue a licence for the remainder of the licensing period as if duty at the lower rate had been paid thereon,

(b) make a repayment to the owner for every month of the licensing period which is unexpired at the time of surrender of the licence at the rate of eight per cent. of the difference between the annual rate of duty payable upon the surrendered licence and that payable upon the licence issued for the remainder of the licensing period,

(c) enter in the registration book such particulars as the Minister may from time to time direct and return the book to the owner.

(2) No repayment in respect of duty paid on a licence surrendered under article 3 of these Regulations shall be made where the difference between the annual rate of duty payable upon the surrendered licence and that payable upon the licence issued for the remainder of the licensing period does not exceed ten pounds.

(3) In this article, "licensing period" means the period for which the surrendered licence was issued.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this twenty-first day of April One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty.

NEIL T. BLANEY

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Article 2 of these Regulations specifies the notice to be given by a local authority on declaring a weighbridge an appointed weighbridge for the purposes of section 3 of the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) (Amendment) Act, 1960 . Articles 3 and 4 of these Regulations enable a licensing authority to make a repayment of motor tax where during the period for which the vehicle is licensed the condition of a vehicle is altered so as to reduce its unladen weight.