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High Court has ruled that six tenths of a mile is not the immediate vicinity.
To remain eligible for the £30 tax a dumper has to come within the definition of a works truck in
Schedule 3 of the Vehicle (Excise) Act 1971. It is "a goods vehicle ... designed for use in private premises and used on public roads only for carrying goods between such premises and a vehicle on a road in the immediate vicinity, or in passing from one part of any such premises to another, or to other private premises in the immediate vicinity of the site of such works".
In the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, where works trucks are given various exemptions, a works truck is defined as "a motor vehicle (other than a straddle carrier) designed for use in private premises and used on a road only in delivering goods from or to such premises, to or from a vehicle on a road in the immediate neighbourhood, or in passing from one part of any such premises to another, or to other private premises in the immediate neighbourhood, or in connection with road works while at or in the immediate neighbourhood of the site of such works".