Regulation 2 Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981

(1)

The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

At the end of paragraph (1) of regulation 3 (interpretation), insert—

““zero-emission vehicle” means a vehicle without an internal combustion engine, or with an internal combustion engine that has emissions of CO₂ of zero grams per kilometre”.

(3)

In regulation 5 (classification of vehicles and application of Regulations)—

(a)

in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraph (j), substitute—

“(j)

Class VII: Goods vehicles—

(i)

in EU category N1 of which the design gross weight exceeds 3,000 kilograms but does not exceed 3,500 kilograms; and

(ii)

in EU category N2—

(aa)

of which the design gross weight exceeds 3,500 kilograms but does not exceed 4,250 kilograms, and

(bb)

which are zero-emission vehicles;”;

(b)

in paragraph (6), in sub-paragraph (b), for “and N1” substitute “N1 and N2”.

(4)

In regulation 6 (exemptions), in paragraph (1), in sub-paragraph (v), for “3500 kilograms” substitute “3,500 kilograms, excluding a zero-emission vehicle the design gross weight of which exceeds 3,500 kilograms but does not exceed 4,250 kilograms”.

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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1981/1694; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/253, 1991/2229, 2017/850 and 2020/818.