a l am an owner-driver of a concrete mixer and l
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have never been able to work out the road fund licence fee for this vehicle. Could you explain?
AThe vehicle would be liable for duty in accordance with the table of charges contained in Part II of Schedule 4 of the Vehicles (Excise) Act) Act 1971 as amended in the Finance Act 1975.
Paragraph 5(2) deals specifically with concrete . mixers. It says that a mobile concrete mixer which, but for its conveyance of the materials used by it in mixing concrete would fall within the foregoing subparagraph (applicable to vehicles carrying a machine or contrivance but not goods) shall be charged with duty in accordance with that sub-patagraph. It shall be charged thereunder if so much of the weight of the built-in machine (the mixer) as exceeds ,30cwt is burden and not included in the unladen weight of the vehicle.
Thus, the weight on which a concrete mixer is assessed for road fund licence purposes is the weight of the chassis cab plus 30 cwts.