The Revenue (First Registration Tax and Licence Fees for Motor Vehicles) Ordinance 2021 had been passed by the Legislative Council previously and was published in the Gazette today (June 11).
 
     The Ordinance seeks to give effect to the increases of the first registration tax and vehicle licence fees for private cars as announced in the 2021-22 Budget, and to make relevant amendments. The adjusted vehicle licence fees for petrol and diesel private cars as well as electrically powered passenger vehicles have come into effect from 11am on February 24, 2021, and are tabulated below:
 
Petrol and diesel private cars

Cylinder capacity of engine	Adjusted annual licence fees of vehicle licences*		Adjusted licence fees of 4-month vehicle licences*
	Petrol	Diesel#	Petrol	Diesel#
Not exceeding 1 500 cubic centimetres	$5,074	$6,972	$1,804	$2,469
Exceeds 1 500 cubic centimetres but does not exceed 2 500 cubic centimetres	$7,498	$9,396	$2,653	$3,317
Exceeds 2 500 cubic centimetres but does not exceed 3 500 cubic centimetres	$9,929	$11,827	$3,504	$4,168
Exceeds 3 500 cubic centimetres but does not exceed 4 500 cubic centimetres	$12,360	$14,258	$4,355	$5,019
Exceeds 4 500 cubic centimetres	$14,694	$16,592	$5,171	$5,836

* Traffic Accident Victims Assistance Fund Levy included. The levy for one year is $114, and the levy for four months is $38.
# If private car uses fuel of light diesel oil as defined in section 69 of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap. 109), the additional fee required has been adjusted to $1,898.

Electrically powered passenger vehicles

Unladen weight	Adjusted annual licence fees of vehicle licences ^	Adjusted licence fees of 4-month vehicle licences ^
Not exceeding 1 tonne; and	$572	$30 + 35% of adjusted annual licence fees of vehicle licences
An additional fee for each 250 kilograms unladen weight or part thereof	$124

^ Traffic Accident Victims Assistance Fund Levy not included. The levy for one year is $114, and the levy for four months is $38.
 
     Since February 24 this year, for the adjustment on vehicle licence fees, the Transport Department (TD) has implemented special arrangements for renewal of vehicle licences. Under the special arrangements, members of the public renewing their vehicle licences of private cars or electrically powered passenger vehicles which expire on or before June 23, 2021, as long as the renewal application is submitted on or before June 23, they can continue to pay the original vehicle licence fees before the adjustment (including annual licence fees and licence fees of four-month licences).
 
     The TD reminds the public that the special arrangements for renewal of vehicle licences will end on June 23. Members of the public who submit an application to renew the vehicle licences of their private cars or electrically powered passenger vehicles on or after June 24 must pay the adjusted vehicle licence fees irrespective of the expiry date of the relevant licences. For those submitting their renewal application by post, the postmark date of Hongkong Post will be taken as the submission date. For members of the public submitting their renewal application by drop-in box, the application must be put into the drop-in box on or before June 23 in order to pay the original vehicle licence fees before the adjustment.
 
     For enquiries, please call 1823 or 2804 2600.