{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-road-traffic-vehicle-emissions-fixed-penalty-england-regulations-2002/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-road-traffic-vehicle-emissions-fixed-penalty-england-regulations-2002/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2002/0110423887",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-road-traffic-vehicle-emissions-fixed-penalty-england-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1995 Act” means the Environment Act 1995;\n“the 1986 Regulations” means the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986;\n“appropriate authority”—\n(a) in relation to a fixed penalty notice, means the local authority on whose behalf the notice is issued;\n(b) in relation to an authorised person, means the local authority by which he is authorised;\n“authorised person”—\n(a) in relation to the investigation or prosecution of an emissions offence means a person authorised under regulation 6(1);\n(b) in relation to the investigation or prosecution of a stationary idling offence means a person authorised under regulation 6(3);\n“designated local authority” means a local authority that is for the time being designated under regulation 4(1);\n“emissions offence” means using on a road a motor vehicle which does not comply with a requirement of regulation 61 or 61A (emissions of smoke etc) of the 1986 Regulations;\n“fixed penalty notice” means a notice under regulation 10 or 13;\n“notice requesting a hearing” means a notice of a description referred to in regulation 18(1);\n“stationary idling offence” means a contravention of, or failure to comply with so much of regulation 98 (stopping of engine when stationary) of the 1986 Regulations as relates to the prevention of exhaust emissions;\n(2) Unless the context otherwise provides, any reference in these Regulations—\n(a) to a numbered section is a reference to the section of the 1995 Act bearing that number; and\n(b) to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1078; relevant amending instruments relating to emissions are S.I. 1990/1131, 1992/2137, 1993/2199, 1995/2210, 1997/1544, 1998/1, 1998/1563, 2000/3197, 2001/306, 2001/1825 and 2001/3208."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2002/0110423887/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:25:58.797100+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}