Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 section 60A

Meaning of "revenue weight"

Section 60A defines how the "revenue weight" of a vehicle is determined for the purposes of vehicle excise duty, covering vehicles with officially plated weights and those without.

• Revenue weight equals the confirmed maximum weight (plated weight) where one exists, or the design weight of the vehicle where it does not.
• Design weight is the maximum laden weight a vehicle is designed or adapted not to exceed on the road, and for tractive units this includes the combined weight with any semi-trailer.
• If a vehicle without a confirmed maximum weight is used on a public road at a weight exceeding its design weight, it is conclusively presumed to have been temporarily adapted to that higher weight for duty purposes.
• Revenue weight is capped at the maximum laden weight at which the vehicle may lawfully be used in Great Britain (or Northern Ireland, where a special maximum weight applies there).

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