Emergency services work out the costs of first registration duty
EMERGENCY services could end up helping to pay for Environment's transport strategy, as an exemption for them was removed in the latest funding policy.
The department still needs to come back with the detailed legislation that will outline who will pay first registration duty and how much.
Previously, the services would not have had to find the money, but after Environment watered down the cost for the first-registration emissions-based duty charge, it cast wider the potential net of what could be included.
Emergency service vehicles, classic cars, charity minibuses and hire cars were to receive an 85% discount under previous plans. Only vehicles adapted for disabled people are definitely exempt.
A Guernsey Police spokesman said that, due to high usage, and the resulting mileage accrued, police vehicles had a short lifespan than others on the road. It had a rolling replacement programme which replaces roughly six vehicles a year, usually those between five and seven years old.