(1) For the table in Schedule 1 to the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 substitute
Table
1. Cigarettes
An amount equal to 24 per cent. of the retail price plus £114.31 per thousand cigarettes.
2. Cigars
£173.13 per kilogram
3. Hand-rolling tobacco
£124.45 per kilogram
4. Other smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco
£76.12 per kilogram
(2) The Alcoholic Liquor Duties (Surcharges) and Tobacco Products Duty Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3026), so far as relating to excise duty on tobacco products, is revoked.
(3) The amendments made by this Resolution come into force at 6 pm on 22 April 2009.
And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
11. Vehicle excise duty (rates from May 2009)
Resolved ,
That
(1) Schedule 1 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (annual rates of duty) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1 (general)
(a) in sub-paragraph (2) (vehicle not covered elsewhere in Schedule otherwise than with engine cylinder capacity not exceeding l,549cc), for £185 substitute £190, and
(b) in sub-paragraph (2A) (vehicle not covered elsewhere in Schedule with engine cylinder capacity not exceeding l,549cc), for £120 substitute £125.
(3) In paragraph IB (graduated rates for light passenger vehicles), for the table substitute
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Table
CO 2 Emissions Figure
Rate
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Exceeding
Not Exceeding
Reduced Rate
Standard Rate
g/km
g/km
£
£
100
120
15
35
120
140
100
120
140
150
105
125
150
165
130
150
165
185
155
175
185
225
200
215
225
-
390
405
The table has effect in relation to vehicles first registered under this Act before 23 March 2006 as if
(a) in column (3), in the last row, 200 were substituted for 390, and
(b) in column (4), in the last row, 215 were substituted for 405.
(4) In paragraph 1J (light goods vehicles)
(a) in sub-paragraph (a) (vehicle which is not lower-emission van), for £180 substitute £185, and
(b) in sub-paragraph (b) (lower-emission van), for £120 substitute £125.
(5) The amendments made by this Resolution have effect in relation to licences taken out on or after 1 May 2009.
And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
12. Vehicle excise duty (rates from April 2010)
Resolved ,
That provision may be made about the rates of vehicle excise duty on licences taken out on or after 1 April 2010.
13. Fuel duties (rates and rebates from Spring 2009)
Question put,
That
(1) The Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 6(1 A) (main rates)
(a) in paragraph (a) (unleaded petrol), for £0.5235 substitute £0.5419,
(b) in paragraph (aa) (aviation gasoline), for £0.3103 substitute £0.3334,
(c) in paragraph (b) (light oil other than unleaded petrol or aviation gasoline), for £0.6207 substitute £0.6391, and
(d) in paragraph (c) (heavy oil), for £0.5235 substitute £0.5419.
(3) In section 6AA(3) (rate of duty on biodiesel), for £0.3235 substitute £0.3419.
(4) In section 6AD(3) (rate of duty on bioethanol), for £0.3235 substitute £0.3419.
(5) In section 8(3) (road fuel gas)
(a) in paragraph (a) (natural road fuel gas), for £0.1660 substitute £0.1926, and
(b) in paragraph (b) (other road fuel gas), for £0.2077 substitute £0.2482.
(6) In section 11(1) (rebate on heavy oil)
(a) in paragraph (a) (fuel oil), for £0.0966 substitute £0.1, and
(b) in paragraph (b) (gas oil), for £0.1007 substitute £0.1042.
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(7) In section 14(1) (rebate on light oil for use as furnace fuel), for £0.0966 substitute £0.1.
(8) In section 14A(2) (rebate on certain biodiesel), for £0.1007 substitute £0.1042.
(9) The amendments made by paragraph (2)(b) and (c) come into force on 1 May 2009.
(10) The other amendments made by this Resolution are treated as having come into force on 1 April 2009.
And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
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14. Fuel duties (rates and rebates from September 2009)
Resolved,
That provision may be made amending rates of duty and rebates in the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 from 1 September 2009.