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Q In CM last week you answered a query from a
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reader who had a vehicle with a demountable livestock body and wished to know how to determine the unladen weight. The vehicle was taxed in a way which disregarded the weight of the derriountable body yet for hgv driving licence purposes you state that the body should be included If it is ordinarily used with the vehicle. Could you please explain this?
A For hgv driving licence purposes the unladen weight of the vehicle is determined as laid down in the Road Traffic Act 1972.
For taxation purposes, however, the unladen weight of the vehicle is determined in accordance with Schedule 6 of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971. Paragraph 2 subsections (1) to (3) allow the weight of a demountable body to be disregarded in establishing the unladen weight of a vehicle if that body is lifted on or off the vehicle with goods or burden contained therein. It is not considered feasible that a livestock body will be so handled.
However, Paragraph 3 (1) (c) provides for a receptacle specially constructed or adapted for carrying livestock and used solely for that purpose to be disregarded in computing unladen weight.