FTA supports government’s HGV road user levy bill 25 October 2012

Publication of a parliamentary bill that will introduce a charge for foreign-registered vehicles using UK roads has been welcomed by the Freight Transport Association.

Under the HGV road user levy bill, all heavy goods vehicles of 12 tonnes and over, will be required to pay a levy before being able to travel on UK roads.

For UK operators, the bill confirms that this cost will be rebated through an equivalent reduction in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED).

Operators of foreign registered vehicles will be required to pay the levy at a daily, weekly, monthly or annual rate, depending upon how long they intend their vehicles to remain in the country.

"FTA has supported the idea of a charge on foreign vehicles for many years as a way of addressing, at least partly, the competitive differences between British registered operators and foreign-registered vehicles," comments James Hookham, FTA's managing director of policy and communications.

"However, there were important conditions attached to our support, to avoid additional costs and burdens falling on UK operators, as the charge could not be applied to foreign vehicles alone," he adds.

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John Challen

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