Finance Act 2010
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Amendment of section 130 (interpretation) of Finance Act 1992. |
102.— (1) Section 130 of the Finance Act 1992 is amended— | |
(a) by substituting the following for the definition of “ambulance”: | ||
“ ‘ ambulance ’ has the same meaning as in paragraph 5.3 of Annex II of Directive 2007/46/EC;”, | ||
(b) by substituting the following for the definition of “bus”: | ||
“ ‘bus’ means a category M2 vehicle or a category M3 vehicle;”, | ||
(c) by substituting the following for the definition of “category A vehicle”: | ||
“ ‘category A vehicle ’ means a category M1 vehicle;”, | ||
(d) by substituting the following for the definition of “category B vehicle”: | ||
“ ‘category B vehicle’ means a category N1 vehicle or a motor caravan;”, | ||
(e) by substituting the following for the definition of “category C vehicle”: | ||
“ ‘category C vehicle’ means a category M2 vehicle, a category M3 vehicle, a category N2 vehicle, a category N3 vehicle, a category T1 vehicle, a category T2 vehicle, a category T3 vehicle, a category T4 vehicle or a category T5 vehicle;”, | ||
(f) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of “category D vehicle”: | ||
“ ‘category M1 vehicle’, ‘category M2 vehicle’, ‘category M3 vehicle’, ‘category N1 vehicle’, ‘category N2 vehicle’ and ‘category N3 vehicle’ have the same meanings as in Annex II of Directive 2007/46/EC; | ||
‘category L1e vehicle’, ‘category L2e vehicle’, ‘category L3e vehicle’, ‘category L4e vehicle’, ‘category L5e vehicle’, ‘category L6e vehicle’ and ‘category L7e vehicle’ have the same meanings as in Directive 2002/24/EC; | ||
‘category T1 vehicle’, ‘category T2 vehicle’, ‘category T3 vehicle’, ‘category T4 vehicle’ and ‘category T5 vehicle’ have the same meanings as in Annex II of Directive 2003/37/EC;”, | ||
(g) by inserting the following definition after the definition of “the Commissioners”: | ||
“ ‘competent person’ means one or more than one individual or body appointed by the Commissioners under section 131;”, | ||
(h) by substituting the following for the definition of “conversion”: | ||
“ ‘conversion’, in relation to a vehicle, means the modification of the vehicle in such manner that it no longer retains all of the characteristics of the vehicle category under which it is certified for type-approval purposes;”, | ||
(i) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of “deal”: | ||
“ ‘Directive 2007/46/EC’ means Directive 2007/46/EC 21 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 (as amended) establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles; | ||
‘Directive 2002/24/EC’ means Directive 2002/24/EC 22 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002 (as amended) relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 92/61/EEC; | ||
‘ Directive 2003/37/EC ’ means Directive 2003/37/EC 23 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 (as amended) on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units and repealing Directive 74/150/EEC;”, | ||
(j) by substituting the following for the definition of “motor cycle”: | ||
“ ‘motor cycle’ means a category L1e vehicle, a category L2e vehicle, a category L3e vehicle, a category L4e vehicle, a category L5e vehicle, a category L6e vehicle or a category L7e vehicle;”, | ||
(k) by substituting the following for the definition of “motor caravan”: | ||
“ ‘motor caravan’ has the same meaning as in paragraph 5.1 of Annex II of Directive 2007/46/EC;”, | ||
(l) by inserting the following definition after the definition of “special purpose vehicle”: | ||
“ ‘type-approval’ means the process of certification whereby a type of vehicle satisfies the relevant administrative provisions and technical requirements imposed by, or pursuant to, Directive 2007/46/EC, Directive 2002/24/EC and Directive 2003/37/EC, and references to ‘type-approved’ shall be construed accordingly;”, | ||
(m) in the definition of “vehicle” by substituting “vehicle;” for “vehicle.”, and | ||
(n) by inserting the following definition after the definition of “vehicle”: | ||
“ ‘vehicle details’ means any data or information in relation to the registration of vehicles and their ownership which may be specified by the Commissioners for the purposes of this Chapter.”. | ||
(2) Subsection (1) (other than paragraphs (g), (m) and (n)) comes into operation on 1 January 2011. | ||
21 OJ No. L263, 9.19.2007, p.1 |