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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cleaner-road-transport-vehicles-scotland-regulations-2010/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2010/390",
  "legislation_title": "The Cleaner Road Transport Vehicles (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cleaner-road-transport-vehicles-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations implement, for Scotland, Directive 2009/33/EC (“the Directive”) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23rd April 2009 on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles (O.J. L 120, 15.5.2009, p.5).\nRegulation 2 defines terms used in the Regulations.\nRegulation 3(1) specifies the authorities to which the Regulations will apply when contracting to purchase motor vehicles. Regulation 3(2) provides that the Regulations will not apply to certain categories of vehicles that are not subject to type approval or individual approval.\nRegulation 4 sets out the obligation imposed on authorities when purchasing motor vehicles. The authorities are required to take into account operational lifetime energy and environmental impacts (set out in regulation 4(2)). Such impacts must be included in the purchasing decision either by way of award criteria (where a procurement procedure is used) or by applying a prescribed methodology to calculate the monetary values of the impacts for inclusion in the decision (regulation 4(4) to (5)).\nRegulation 5 prescribes the methodology for the calculation of the operational lifetime costs by way of cross reference to Article 6 of the Directive.\nRegulation 6 cross-refers to Part 9 in the Public Contracts Regulations (Scotland) 2006 and the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 respectively to ensure compliance with the requirements imposed under the Directive.\nA Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment and Transposition Note have been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies may be obtained from the Scottish Government, Transport Policy Directorate, Transport Scotland, Area 2D North, Victoria Quay, EH6 6QQ, and online at www.legislation.gov.uk.\nA copy of Directive 2009/33/EC may be obtained from the Stationary Office or viewed in the Official Journal of the European Union via the EU website at http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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