Explanatory note

These Regulations impose requirements and prohibitions in relation to the supply and installation of replacement catalytic converters for vehicles subject to an EC certificate of conformity (within the meaning of the Motor Cycles Etc (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1999).

Regulation 3 provides that the Regulations do not apply in relation to catalytic converters that are second-hand.

Regulation 4 prohibits the supply of a catalytic converter for installation on a relevant vehicle unless certain requirements are met in connection with that converter.

Regulation 5 prohibits the installation of a catalytic converter on a relevant vehicle unless certain requirements are met in connection with that converter.

Regulation 6, together with the Schedule, provides for matters relating to offences and enforcement.

European Directives may be downloaded without charge from the European Union Law Website (EURLEX):

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A Transposition Note may be obtained from the Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles Division of the Department for Transport, Zone 1/34, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DR. The telephone number is 020 7944 2063. It may also be downloaded from the Department for Transport website and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website (www.opsi.gov.uk). An impact assessment has not been produced as no impact on the costs of business, the public sector, third sector organisations, regulators or consumers is foreseen.