8. Insertion of new section 8A in the principal enactment

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 8 and shall have effect as section 8A of the principal enactment:-

“8A Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of section 8, where the registered owner of any specified motor vehicle is the State or a local authority as the case may be, such registered owner may pay the levy to any insurer

“When registered owner is the

State,or a local authority.

“Exemption from diesel motor vehicle levy for non user.

and the provisions of subsections (2),(3), (4), (5), (6) of section 8 and section 9 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to, and in relation to, such payment.”.