Motor Tax: Exempt Vehicles

Details

The following vehicles are exempt from liability to pay vehicle motor tax:-

• (a) State-owned vehicles
• (b) Diplomatic vehicles
• (c) Vehicles exempted under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations, 1994 (S.I.No. 353 of 1994)
• (d) Vehicles (including any cycle with an attachment for propelling it by mechanical power) not exceeding 400 kilograms in weight unladen adapted and used for invalids
• (e)Vehicles which are used exclusively for the transport (whether by carriage or traction) of lifeboards and their gear or any equipment for affording assistance towards the preservation of life and property in cases of ship-wreck and distress at sea
• (f) Vehicles which are used exclusively for the transport (whether by carrrriage or traction) of road construction macvhinery used for no purpose other than the construction or repair of roads
• (g) Refuse carts, sweeping machines or watering machines used exclusively for cleansing public streets and roads
• (i) Ambulances, road-rollers or fire engines
• (j) Vehicles kept by a local authority and used exclusively for the purpose of their fire brigade service

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

An articulated vehicle (ie vehicle and semi-trailer) is regarded as a single vehicle and motor tax is payable on the basis of the unladen weight of the tractor unit plus the unladen weight of the heaviest semi trailer

Motor Tax Section

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Glenpark
The Mall
Castlebar
Phone: (094)90 47600
Email: Motortax@mayococo.ie
Open:
Opening Hours: Castlebar - 9:30am-3pm, Mon-Fri, open through lunch.
Note: Ballina and Belmullet Motor Tax are open 9:30am-12:45pm and 2pm-3pm, Mon-Fri