Section 88 | HGV road user levy : exempt period

(1)Subject to section 88A, section 5(2) of the HGV Road User Levy Act 2013 (HGV road user levy charged for all periods for which a UK heavy goods vehicle is charged to vehicle excise duty) does not apply where the period for which a UK heavy goods vehicle is charged to vehicle excise duty is a period that begins in the exempt period.^F1

(2)Section 6(2) of the 2013 Act (HGV road user levy charged in respect of non-UK heavy goods vehicle for each day on which the vehicle is used or kept on a road to which the Act applies) does not apply in respect of any day in the exempt period.

(3)For the purposes of this section and section 88A, the exempt period is the period of 36 months beginning with 1 August 2020.^F2F3

(4)Section 7 of the 2013 Act (rebate of levy) has effect as if, after subsection (2A), there were inserted—

(2B)A rebate entitlement also arises where HGV road user levy has been paid in respect of a non-UK heavy goods vehicle in accordance with section 6(2) in respect of any part of the exempt period within the meaning of section 88(3) of the Finance Act 2020.