The Driver, Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) will in January next year release specialised stickers for luxurious vehicle levy.
This is in compliance with the LVL law, Act 949 passed by Parliament this year for vehicles with high engine capacities. .
A Deputy Minister of Information, Pius Enam Hadzide said this at a news briefing in Accra, Sunday, December 16.
According to him, vehicles with engine capacities of 2,950 cubic centimetres to 3,549 will pay GHc1, 000 as levy.
Those with 3,550 cubic centimetres to 4,049 will pay a levy of GHc1,500, while vehicles with capacities above 4,049 cubic centimetres will pay a levy of GHc2,000.
The specialised DVLA stickers were of the same size and shape like the normal road worthy stickers, except that they had been painted in different colours with additional information LVL according to different dimensions.
However, he said some vehicles such as tractors, commercial vehicles that have capacity to transport more than 10 persons and those for transporting goods that exceeds 2950 cubic centimetres have been exempted from paying the levy.
Those who change their car engines to outwit the DVLA will be sanctioned according to law, he added.
