Finance Bill 2002: EXPLANATORY NOTE
CLAUSE 17: DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION FOR VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY EXEMPTIONS
SUMMARY
1. Clause 17 provides that information held by the Ministry of Defence and the Department of Work and Pensions which is relevant to the issue of nil licences where there is an exemption from paying duty may be provided to the Secretary of State for vehicle licensing purposes.
DETAILS OF THE CLAUSE
2. Subsection (1) of the Clause provides that the Clause applies to information held by the Secretary of State or his agent in relation to entitlement to benefits or war pensions.
3. Subsection (2) specifies that information which is relevant to the purposes of providing nil vehicle licences, and is prescribed by regulations, may be supplied to the Secretary of State or his agent with consent.
4. Subsection (3) defines the persons who may give that consent as the person who supplied the information, if that is not the person to whom it applies, or the person to whom the information relates.
5. Subsection (4) provides that information supplied under Subsection (2) shall not be supplied by the recipient to any other person unless that person has the right to receive the information under Subsection (2), or is supplied in relation to civil or criminal proceedings relating to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994; and will not be used for any purpose other than in relation to the issue of nil licences.
6. Subsection (5) defines the relevant nil licence functions for this Clause as those relating to the issue of nil licences to disabled persons under paragraph 19 of Schedule 2 and paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.