On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:24:04 +0100, "Brendan" <
[email protected]> said:
> Hello every one long time since I posted on here, but I have a
> question which is not really land rover but I know lots of you own
> classic vehicles, I have a horsebox 7.5ton and its a 1973 Lreg and
> was wondering if it is tax exempt as some people have told me it is
> and some say it isn't and I was hoping someone could help me or
> point me to somewhere I can find out .
The cut off date is for vehicles *constructed* before the 1st Jan
1973.
Note that the date of construction will be earlier, sometimes a lot
earlier than the date of registration. For Land-Rovers and some other
marques, the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon has preserved the
original factory legers. If you can prove that the date of manufacture
was 1972, then you can have it registered as a "Historic Vehicle".
http://www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk/archive/certificate_index.html
http://www.dvla.gov.uk/forms/pdf/INF34.pdf
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Are you the keeper of a 'Historic' vehicle?
If so:
* Was your vehicle constructed before 1 January 1973?
* Is it one of the vehicles listed below in Qualifying Vehicles?
If you can answer Yes to both questions then you may be eligible to
license your vehicle in the Historic Vehicle Taxation Class.
Note: Vehicles licensed in the exempt Historic Class are not subject
to Vehicle Excise Duty but must still display a vehicle licence disc
(tax disc) and be licensed annually.
Qualifying vehicles
a) Private/Light Goods - including buses used for voluntary,
community or other non-profit making purposes i.e. a vehicle not
required to have a Public Service Vehicle Licence.
b) Motorcycles and Tricycles.
c) Private HGV - but excluding vehicles designed for, or adapted
for use for, the conveyance of goods or burden and put to a
commercial use on a public road e.g. unladen HGVs and HGVs used for
driver training/testing purposes.
d) Special Vehicles - mobile cranes/pumps, road rollers, works
trucks and digging machines (excluding showmen's
goods/showmen's haulage vehicles).
e) Haulage Vehicles - not used for haulage purposes.
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Alan J. Wylie
http://www.wylie.me.uk/
"Perfection [in design] is achieved not when there is nothing left to add,
but rather when there is nothing left to take away."
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
