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STATES OF JERSEY
DRAFT FINANCE (2025 BUDGET) (JERSEY) LAW 202- (P.72/2024): AMENDMENT
Lodged au Greffe on 11th November 2024
by the Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Panel Earliest date for debate: 26th November 2024
STATES GREFFE
DRAFT FINANCE (2025 BUDGET) (JERSEY) LAW 202- (P.72/2024): AMENDMENT
PAGE 24, ARTICLE 25 –
For Article 25 substitute –
25 Excise duty: motor vehicles – general
In paragraph 8 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 –
- for the table in sub-paragraph (4) there is substituted –
"Established CO2 mass emission figure (g) | Rate for 2025 (£) |
0 | 0 |
1-50 | 35 |
51-75 | 73 |
76-100 | 240 |
101-125 | 422 |
126-150 | 715 |
151-175 | 1,504 |
176-200 | 4,830 |
201 or more | 9,921"; |
- for the table in sub-paragraph (5) there is substituted –
"Cylinder capacity of engine (cm3) | Rate for 2025 (£) |
0 | 0 |
1-500 | 35 |
501-1400 | 291 |
1401-1800 | 567 |
1801-2000 | 814 |
2001-2500 | 1,290 |
2501-3000 | 2,338 |
3001-3500 | 4,830 |
3501 or more | 9,921". |
ENVIRONMENT, HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE SCRUTINY PANEL
REPORT
The purpose of this amendment to the Draft Finance (2025 Budget) (Jersey) Law 202- (P.72/2024) is to increase the income generated by Vehicle Emissions Duty (VED) for transfer to the Climate Emergency Fund.
The rationale for this amendment is set out in the Panel's report to its amendment to P.51/2024 – Proposed Budget 2025-2028.
The amendment seeks to generate income from the most polluting non-commercial vehicles, applying increases in the bands already identified by Government as the most polluting and increasing the percentage duty which had been proposed.
The Panel believes that this amendment will provide greater and more meaningful value from what it recognises to be a progressive tax, which increases the direct contribution of those who are buying vehicles with the highest CO2 mass emissions to the Climate Emergency Fund.
The Panel's amendment would apply a 5% increase to each of the percentage increases proposed by Government for the highest three emissions bands for each of the four years of the Budget. The amendment would be to raise the proposed increases as follows:
• 5% to 10%
• 10% to 15%
• 20% to 25%
This amendment provides an opportunity to reaffirm the commitment set out in the Government's Common Strategic Policy to address the climate emergency by ensuring that adequate funding is available to meet policy and project goals.
Financial and staffing implications
It is not intended that there should be financial or staffing implications that cannot be covered by either business as usual expenditure or the funding transferred to the Climate Emergency Fund.
Children's Rights Impact Assessment
A Children's Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) has been prepared in relation to this proposition and is available to read on the States Assembly website.