New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR VEHICLES TAXATION ACT 1988 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Motor vehicle tax on registration or renewal of registration during the calendar year 1996

(Section 5)

Note: This Schedule specifies the motor vehicle tax payable on registration or renewal of registration, during the calendar year 1996, of motor vehicles of various classes for a registration period of 1 year. Registrations and renewals effected in subsequent calendar years attract motor vehicle tax at indexed rates determined in accordance with section 5.

1 Motor cycles

In respect of a motor cycle the amount of tax is $37.

2 Motor vehicles not exceeding 2 500 kg

In respect of a motor vehicle (other than a motor cycle) the weight of which does not exceed 2 500 kilograms:

(a) if the vehicle is used substantially for private purposes-the amount of tax is the amount specified in Column 2 of the Table to this clause shown opposite the appropriate range of weights for the vehicle in Column 1 of that Table, or

(b) if the vehicle is not used substantially for private purposes-the amount of tax is the amount specified in Column 3 of that Table shown opposite the appropriate range of weights for the vehicle in Column 1 of that Table.

Table

Column 1		Column 2	Column 3
Weight of vehicle		Where the vehicle is used substantially for private purposes	Where the vehicle is not used substantially for private purposes
Exceeding kg	Not exceeding kg	$	$
	975	123	199
975	1 150	139	223
1 150	1 500	161	261
1 500	2 500	245	393

3 Motor vehicles exceeding 2 500 kg that are not buses, private use vehicles, motor lorries or self-propelled plants

In respect of a motor vehicle which:

(a) is of a weight exceeding 2 500 kilograms and is not liable to charges (including a nil charge) under the Road Transport (Heavy Vehicles Registration Charges) Act 1995 or is exempt from charges under Part 4 of that Act, and

(b) is not used substantially for private purposes, and

(c) is not a motor omnibus, a motor lorry or light self-propelled plant as defined in clause 5,

Table

4 Buses and private use vehicles exceeding 2 500 kg

In respect of a motor vehicle the weight of which exceeds 2 500 kilograms and which is not liable to charges (including a nil charge) under the Road Transport (Heavy Vehicles Registration Charges) Act 1995 or is exempt from charges under Part 4 of that Act and which:

(a) is used substantially for private purposes, or

(b) is a motor omnibus,

5 Light self-propelled plant

(1) In this clause, "light self-propelled plant" means plant (other than a trailer) which is of a weight exceeding 2 500 kilograms and:

(a) is not liable to charges (including a nil charge) under the Road Transport (Heavy Vehicles Registration Charges) Act 1995 or is exempt from charges under Part 4 of that Act, and

(b) is not used substantially for private purposes.

(2) In respect of a light self-propelled plant, the amount of tax is the amount specified in Column 2 of the Table to this clause shown opposite the appropriate range of weights for the vehicle in Column 1 of that Table.

Table

Column 1		Column 2
Weight of the vehicle		Where the vehicle is a light self-propelled plant
Exceeding kg	Not exceeding kg	$
2 500	2 790	670
2 790	3 050	761
3 050	3 300	834
3 300	3 560	907
3 560	3 810	974
3 810	4 060	1,048
4 060	4 320	1,118
4 320	4 500	1,189

6 Primary producers’ vehicles-special provisions

In respect of a motor vehicle which is a primary producer’s vehicle, being:

(a) a motor lorry (other than a station waggon), or

(b) a tractor, or

(c) a trailer,

7 Tractors-special provisions

Despite any other provision of this Schedule, the amount of tax payable in respect of:

(a) a tractor that is not a primary producer’s vehicle is not to exceed $670, or

(b) a tractor that is a primary producer’s vehicle is not to exceed $368.

8 Additional amount of tax-vehicles over 3 560 kg

(1) This clause applies to a motor vehicle the weight of which exceeds 3 560 kilograms and which is not liable to charges (including a nil charge) under the Road Transport (Heavy Vehicles Registration Charges) Act 1995 or is exempt from charges under Part 4 of that Act and which is not used substantially for private purposes.

(2) The amount of tax applicable under clause 3 or 4 to a vehicle to which this clause applies is increased:

(a) except in the case of a motor omnibus-by $154, and

(b) in the case of a motor omnibus-by $92.

9 Motor lorries exceeding 2 500 kg

In respect of a motor lorry which is of a weight exceeding 2 500 kilograms and:

(a) is not liable to charges (including a nil charge) under the Road Transport (Heavy Vehicles Registration Charges) Act 1995 or is exempt from charges under Part 4 of that Act,