{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-replacement-of-catalytic-converters-and-pollution-control-devices-regulations-2009/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-replacement-of-catalytic-converters-and-pollution-control-devices-regulations-2009/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1899",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Replacement of Catalytic Converters and Pollution Control Devices) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-replacement-of-catalytic-converters-and-pollution-control-devices-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Non-type approved converters and devices",
  "text": "(1) No person shall supply a non-type approved converter or device unless—\n(a) it is clearly marked or labelled—\n(i) in the case of a device which is a particulate filter, “ILLEGAL TO SUPPLY FOR VEHICLES APPROVED TO EC REGULATION 715/2007”; and\n(ii) otherwise, “ILLEGAL TO SUPPLY FOR TYPE-APPROVED VEHICLES FIRST USED ON OR AFTER 1/3/01”; and\n(b) it is accompanied by the information which is specified—\n(i) in section 7.1 in the format specified in section 7.2 of Annex XIII to the Vehicle Emissions Directive;\n(ii) in paragraph 11.1 in the format specified in paragraph 11.2 of ECE Regulation 103; or\n(iii) point 5.1 of Annex XIII to Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 in the format specified in that point.\n(2) The requirements of sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b) shall be treated as satisfied to the extent that marking, labelling or information requirements of a member State (other than the United Kingdom) or any other EEA state, which have equivalent effect to those referred to in those sub-paragraphs, have been complied with.\n(3) In this regulation “non-type approved converter or device” means—\n(a) a catalytic converter,\n(b) an assembly of catalytic converters,\n(c) a pollution control device, or\n(d) an assembly of pollution control devices,\nwhich is a replacement part capable of being fitted to a 220 relevant vehicle or a 715 relevant vehicle and which is not an original replacement catalytic converter, a replacement catalytic converter, an original replacement pollution control device or a replacement pollution control device.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1899/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:08:39.571372+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."
}