# The Goods Vehicles (Testing, Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981


(1) The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348278798/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-goods-vehicles-testing-drivers-hours-and-tachographs-etc-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-2
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