# Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004, Schedule 2

Extent: N.I.

Item
Subject matter
Design, construction and equipment requirements
Definitions and supplementary provisions
Exemptions and modifications
(a)
(b)
(c)
Date of manufacture of the vehicle
Community Instrument
ECE Regulation
4
Exhaust emissions
1st January 1993
Directive 70/220/EEC, as last amended by Directive 91/441/EEC, Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 (applies only to passenger cars)
83.01, paragraphs 5, 8 and 13
For the purposes of this item – “passenger car” means a motor vehicle which –
(a)is constructed or adapted to carry passengers and is not a goods vehicle;
(b)*has no more than 6 seats including the driver’s seat; and
1st October 1994
Directive 93/59/EEC Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 (applies only to vehicles other than passenger cars)
83.01, paragraphs 5, 8 and 13
(c)has a maximum gross weight not exceeding 2,500 kg.
*Note: (b) does not apply to vehicles manufactured after 1st January 2001.
1st January 1997
Directive 94/12/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (applies only to passenger cars)
83.02, paragraph 5
“Reference mass” has the same meaning as in Directive 70/220/EEC as last amended by Directive 96/69/EC.
1st October 1997 (applies from this date to Class I vehicles)
Directive 96/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5
83.03, paragraph 5
“Class I vehicle” means a goods vehicle (category NI) which has a reference mass not exceeding 1,305 kg.
1st October 1998 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars, Class II and Class III vehicles)
Directive 96/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5
83.03, paragraph 5
“Class II vehicle” means a goods vehicle (category NI) which has a reference mass exceeding 1,305 kg but not exceeding 1,760 kg.
“Class III” vehicle means a goods vehicle (category NI) which has a reference mass exceeding 1,760 kg.
1st October 1999
Directive 98/77/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (applies to vehicles fuelled by liquid petroleum gas or compressed natural gas)
83.04, paragraph 5
1st January 2001 (applies from this date to passenger cars and Class I vehicles)
Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase I limits)
1st January 2002 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars, Class II and Class III vehicles)
Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 1 limits)
1st January 2003 (until this date, a diesel passenger vehicle is treated as a vehicle of category NI)
Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 1 limits)
“Diesel passenger vehicle” means a vehicle of category M1 the maximum mass of which exceeds 2,000 kg, fitted with a compression ignition engine, and which is –
1st January 2006 (applies from this date to passenger cars and Class I vehicles)
Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 2 limits)
(a) constructed or adapted to carry more than 6 occupants, including the driver; or
(b) an off-road vehicle as defined in Annex II to the 1970 Directive.
1st January 2007 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars, Class II and Class III vehicles)
Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 2 limits)

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