
1 
This Order may be cited as the Vehicle Licences (Duration of First
Licences and Rate of Duty) Order 1986 and shall come into operation on 1st
October 1986.
2 

(1) Subject to 
paragraph (2) of this article, this Order applies
to any vehicle in respect of which duty is chargeable under the 
Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 when a licence for
that vehicle is first issued under that Act.
(2) This Order does not apply to—
(a) any such vehicle as is mentioned in 
paragraph (1) of this article in respect of
which a temporary licence is issued in pursuance of 
section 13 of the Act of 1971; or
(b) any such vehicle as aforesaid which is
brought into Great Britain from Northern Ireland after having been registered
under the Vehicles (Excise)
Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.
3 

(1) Vehicle Licences (other than licences
for one calendar year) in respect of vehicles to which this Order applies
may be taken out—
(a) in the case of any vehicle licence (other
than a temporary licence), for any period consisting in the aggregate of 12
months commencing with the relevant month and the appropriate number of days;
or
(b) in the case of any vehicle the annual
rate of duty applicable to which exceeds £35, for any period consisting
in the aggregate of 6 months commencing with the relevant month and the appropriate
number of days.
(2) In paragraph
(1) of this article, 
“the relevant month” means 
the month immediately following the month in which the vehicle licence first
has effect.
(3) The appropriate number of days for the
purposes of paragraph (1)
of this article is the number of days between the tenth or seventeenth or
twenty-fourth day (as appropriate) of the month in which the vehicle licence
first has effect and the last day of that month (inclusive of both those days).

4 
The duty payable on a vehicle licence taken out pursuant to this
Order shall consist of the aggregate of—
(a) an amount ascertained in accordance with regulation 4 of
the Vehicle Licences (Duration and Rate of Duty) Order
1980; and
(b) a further amount ascertained by reference
to the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.
David Mitchell
Minister of State for Transport
20th August 1986
SCHEDULE
Article 4(b)


Annual rate of duty
 Supplement
Exceeding
 Not exceeding Part month commencing on the 10th
day of the Month Part
month commencing on the 17th day of the month Part month commencing on the 24th day of the month
£ £ £ £ £

0 150 7.50 5.00 2.50
151 
300 15.00 10.00 5.00
301 400
 24.00 
16.00 8.00
401 500 30.00 20.00
 10.00
501 600 36.00 24.00
 12.00
601 700 42.00 28.00
 14.00
701 800 48.00 32.00
 16.00
801 900 54.00 36.00
 18.00
901 1,000 60.00 with an additional £6
for each £100 for annual duty 40.00 with an additional £4 for each £100 for annual
duty 20.00 with an additional
£2 for each £100 for annual duty