This Chapter has been extracted from the ONS Explanatory Notes and provides a more detailed explanation of possible activities that could fall within the SIC Codes related to the Chapter.
This division includes the renting and leasing of tangible and non-financial intangible assets, including a wide array of tangible goods, such as automobiles, computers, consumer goods, and industrial machinery and equipment, to customers in return for a periodic rental or lease payment. It is subdivided into: (1) the renting of motor vehicles, (2) the renting of recreational and sports equipment and personal and household equipment, (3) the leasing of other machinery and equipment of the kind often used for business operations, including other transport equipment and (4) the leasing of intellectual property products and similar products.
Only the provision of operating leases is included in this division.
This division excludes:
- financial leasing, see 64.91
- renting of real estate, see section L
- renting of equipment with operator, see corresponding classes according to activities carried out with this equipment, e.g. construction (section F), transportation (section H)
77.1 Renting and leasing of motor vehicles
77.11 Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
This class includes:
- renting and operational leasing of the following types of vehicles:
• passenger cars and other light motor vehicles (of a weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes) without driver
This class excludes:
- renting or leasing of cars or light motor vehicles with driver, see 49.32
77.12 Renting and leasing of trucks
This class includes:
- renting and operational leasing of the following types of vehicles:
· trucks, utility trailers and heavy motor vehicles (of a weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes)
• recreational vehicles
This class excludes:
- renting or leasing of heavy goods vehicles or trucks with driver, see 49.41
77.2 Renting and leasing of personal and household goods
This group includes the renting of personal and household goods as well as renting of recreational and sports equipment and video tapes. Activities generally include short-term renting of goods although in some instances, the goods may be leased for longer periods of time.
77.21 Renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods
This class includes renting of recreational and sports equipment:
- pleasure boats, canoes, sailboats
- bicycles
- beach chairs and umbrellas
- other sports equipment
- skis
This class excludes:
- renting of pleasure boats and sailing boats with crew, see 50.10, 50.30
- renting of video tapes and disks, see 77.22
- renting of other personal and household goods n.e.c., see 77.29
- renting of leisure and pleasure equipment as an integral part of recreational facilities, see 93.29
77.22 Renting of video tapes and disks
This class includes the renting of video tapes, records, CDs, DVDs etc.
77.29 Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods
77.29/1 Renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment
This subclass includes: - Renting of radios, televisions, video recorders, DVD players and the like.
This subclass excludes:
- renting of video tapes, records, CDs, DVDs etc., see 77.22
- renting of video tapes, records, CDs, DVDs etc. by libraries see 91.01
77.29/9 Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods (other than media entertainment equipment)
This subclass includes: - the renting of all kinds of household or personal goods, to households or industries (except recreational and sports equipment):
· textiles, wearing apparel and footwear
· furniture, pottery and glass, kitchen and tableware, electrical appliances and house wares
· jewellery, musical instruments, scenery and costumes
· books, journals and magazines
· machinery and equipment used by amateurs or as a hobby e.g. tools for home repairs
· flowers and plants
• electronic equipment, other than media entertainment equipment, for household use
This subclass class excludes:
- renting of cars, trucks, trailers and recreational vehicles without driver, see 77.1
- renting of recreational and sports goods, see 77.21
-renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment, see 77.29/1
- renting of video tapes and disks, see 77.22
- renting of motorcycles and caravans without driver, see 77.39
- renting of office furniture, see 77.33
- provision of linen, work uniforms and related items by laundries, see 96.01
77.3 Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods
77.31 Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment
This class includes:
- renting and operational leasing of agricultural and forestry machinery and equipment without operator:
• renting of products produced by class 28.30, such as agricultural tractors etc.
This class excludes:
- renting of agricultural and forestry machinery or equipment with operator, see 01.61, 02.40
77.32 Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
This class includes:
- renting and operational leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment without operator:
· crane lorries
• scaffolds and work platforms, without erection and dismantling
This class excludes:
- renting of construction and civil engineering machinery or equipment with operator, see 43
77.33 Renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers)
This class includes:
- renting and operational leasing of office machinery and equipment without operator:
· computers and computer peripheral equipment
· duplicating machines, typewriters and word-processing machines
· accounting machinery and equipment: cash registers, electronic calculators etc.
• office furniture
77.34 Renting and leasing of water transport equipment
77.34/1 Renting and leasing of passenger water transport equipment
This subclass includes:
- renting and operational leasing of passenger water-transport equipment, such as commercial boats and ships, without operator
This class excludes:
- renting of water-transport equipment with operator, see division 50
- renting of pleasure boats, see 77.21
- financial leasing, see 64.91
77.34/2 Renting and leasing of freight water transport equipment
This subclass includes:
- renting and operational leasing of freight water-transport equipment, such as commercial boats and ships, without operator
This class excludes:
- renting of water-transport equipment with operator, see division 50
- financial leasing, see 64.91
77.35 Renting and leasing of air transport equipment
77.35/1 Renting and leasing of passenger air transport equipment
This subclass includes:
- renting and operational leasing of passenger air transport equipment without operator:
This subclass excludes:
- renting of air-transport equipment with operator, see division 51
- financial leasing, see 64.91
77.35/2 Renting and leasing of freight air transport equipment
This subclass includes:
- renting and operational leasing of freight air transport equipment without operator:
This subclass excludes:
- renting of air-transport equipment with operator, see division 51
- financial leasing, see 64.91
77.39 Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
This class includes:
- renting and operational leasing, without operator, of other machinery and equipment that are generally used as capital goods by industries:
· engines and turbines
· machine tools
· mining and oilfield equipment
· professional radio, television and communication equipment
· motion picture production equipment
· measuring and controlling equipment
· other scientific, commercial and industrial machinery
- renting and operational leasing of land-transport equipment (other than motor vehicles) without drivers:
· motorcycles, caravans and campers etc.
• railway vehicles
This class also includes:
- renting of accommodation or office containers
- renting of animals (e.g. herds, race horses)
- renting of containers
- renting of pallets
This class excludes:
- renting of bicycles, see 77.21
- renting of agricultural and forestry machinery and equipment, see 77.31
- renting of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment, see 77.32
- renting of office machinery and equipment, including computers, see 77.33
77.4 Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works
77.40 Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works
This class includes the activities of allowing others to use intellectual property products and similar products for which a royalty payment or licensing fee is paid to the owner of the product (i.e. the asset holder). The leasing of these products can take various forms, such as permission for reproduction, use in subsequent processes or products, operating businesses under a franchise etc. The current owners may or may not have created these products.
This class includes:
- leasing of intellectual property products (except copyrighted works, such as books or software)
- receiving royalties or licensing fees for the use of:
· patented entities
· trademarks or service marks
· brand names
· mineral exploration and evaluation
• franchise agreements
This class excludes:
- acquisition of rights and publishing, see divisions 58 and 59
- producing, reproducing and distributing copyrighted works (books, software, film), see divisions 58, 59
- leasing of real estate, see 68.2
- leasing of tangible products, see groups 77.1, 77.2, 77.3
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