Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971

Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971[a]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to excise duties on mechanically propelled vehicles, and to the licensing and registration of such vehicles with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.
Citation1971 c. 10
Territorial extent 
[b]
Dates
Royal assent16 March 1971
Commencement1 October 1974[c]
Repealed1 September 1994
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Repealed byVehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 (c. 10) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to excise duties on mechanically propelled vehicles, and to the licensing and registration of such vehicles, in Great Britain.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 39(5) of the act repealed 15 enactments, listed in part I of the eighth schedule to the act, and revoked one order, listed in part II of that schedule.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 13 Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962 The whole act except section 25(1) and Schedule 7.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 44 Finance Act 1962 Section 5.
1964 c. 49 Finance Act 1964 Section 11.
1965 c. 25 Finance Act 1965 Section 5 so far as unrepealed, sections 6 and 7 and Schedule 5 Pt. V.
1965 c. 66 Hire-Purchase Act 1965 In Schedule 5, the amendment of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962.
1965 c. 67 Hire-Purchase (Scotland) Act 1965 In Schedule 5, the amendment of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962.
1966 c. 18 Finance Act 1966 Section 8.
1967 c. 30 Road Safety Act 1967 Section 27.
1967 c. 54 Finance Act 1967 Sections 11 and 12.
1967 c. 70 Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1967 Section 4(4).
1968 c. 44 Finance Act 1968 Sections 8 and 9 and Schedule 7.
1968 c. 73 Transport Act 1968 Section 147.
1969 c. 27 Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969 Sections 4 to 12. Section 17. Section 19. In section 20, subsections (1) to (4) and in subsection (5) the words from the beginning to "to the vehicle;". Section 21. In section 23, paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of subsection (1) and subsection (2) so far as it amends the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962. Section 24. In section 25, subsections (1) to (5), in subsection (6) the words "this Act, the Act of 1962 or" and subsection (7). In section 26, subsections (1) and (2), in subsection (3) the words "by or" and "this Act, the Act of 1962 or" and subsections (4) to (8). Section 27 in so far as it relates to records maintained in connection with functions conferred on local authorities by the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962 and transferred to the Secretary of State by order under section 1 of the Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969 or with any functions exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of the said Act of 1969 except sections 1 to 3 thereof. Section 28. In section 29, subsections (1) and (2). Section 30. Section 32 except so far as it relates to offences against section 22 of that Act. In section 33 the definitions of "motor dealer", "public road", "trade licence", "seven day licence", "temporary licence" and "vehicle licence". In section 34, in subsection (2) the words "or the Act of 1962" and subsection (5). In section 35, the words "section 21(2) or". Section 36(2). In Schedule 1, paragraphs 4 to 8, 11 and 13 to 18.
1969 c. 32 Finance Act 1969 Section 6 and Schedule 12.
1970 c. 24 Finance Act 1970 Section 9.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 65 of, and part I of schedule 5 to, the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994, which came into force on 1 September 1994.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Section 40(1).
  2. ^ Section 40(3).
  3. ^ Section 40(2). The transfer date (within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969) was 1 October 1974.

References

  1. ^ "Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  2. ^ "Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1971 c. 10
  3. ^ "Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1994 c. 22
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