Regulation 4 Amendment to Schedule 10 (emissions from certain motor vehicles)

(1)

Schedule 10 to the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2)

In paragraph (3) –

(a)

the word “or” immediately following sub-paragraph (a) shall be deleted;

(b)

for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted –

“(b)

if the vehicle is not of such a description and is first used before 1st July 2002, 0.5%;

or”;

(c)

after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added –

“(c)

if the vehicle is not of such a description and is first used on or after 1st July 2002, 0.3%;”.

(3)

In paragraph (4A) –

(a)

the word “or” immediately following sub-paragraph (a) shall be deleted;

(b)

for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted –

“(b)

if the vehicle is not of such a description and is first used before 1st July 2002, 0.3%;

or”;

(c)

after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added –

“(c)

if the vehicle is not of such a description and is first used on or after 1st July 2002, 0.2%;”.

(4)

For paragraph (8) there shall be substituted –

“8.

This Part of this Schedule applies to a vehicle if when tested in accordance with point 8.2.2. of Annex II of Council Directive 96/96/EC as replaced by Annex to Commission Directive 2003/27/EC, the coefficient of absorption of the exhaust emissions from the engine of the vehicle immediately after leaving the exhaust system exceeds –

(a)

if the vehicle is first used before 1st July 2008 and the engine of that vehicle is turbo-charged, 3.0 per metre;

(b)

if the vehicle is first used before 1st July 2008 and the engine of that vehicle is not turbo-charged, 2.5 per metre; or

(c)

if the vehicle is first used on or after 1st July 2008, 1.5 per metre.”.