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 | | Vehicle excise duty, also referred to as VED, is charged on every mechanically-propelled vehicle used or kept on a public road and must be paid on a licence to be taken out by the person keeping the vehicle. |
 | | The Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 provides that the person who uses or keeps an unlicensed vehicle on a road is liable on conviction, to an excise penalty of: (a) a maximum of £1,900 or (b) up to five times the amount of duty chargeable on the vehicle, whichever penalty is the greater. |
 | | A haulage vehicle is a vehicle which is constructed and used on public roads solely for haulage and not for the purpose of carrying or having superimposed on it any load except that which is necessary for its propulsion or equipment. |
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