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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-registration-and-licensing-amendment-no-2-regulations-2012/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/443",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-registration-and-licensing-amendment-no-2-regulations-2012",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend Schedule 2 to the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002 (“the 2002 Regulations”) (SI 2002/2742) which contains provisions regarding reduced pollution certificates and the reduced pollution requirements.\nRegulation 5 of the 2002 Regulations provides that the Secretary of State may require a reduced pollution certificate to be furnished before determining the rate of vehicle excise duty payable in respect of the licence for an eligible vehicle. Eligible vehicles are those vehicles referred to in section 61B of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 and Schedule 2 to the 2002 Regulations provides for the issue of a reduced pollution certificate to eligible vehicles which satisfy the reduced pollution requirements. The rate of vehicle excise duty in respect of licences for eligible vehicles which satisfy the reduced pollution requirements is lower than that for eligible vehicles which do not satisfy those requirements.\nThese Regulations allow for the issue of a reduced pollution certificate for a limited period of time to eligible vehicles which comply with the specific requirements set out in regulation 5. The requirements in regulation 5 refer to vehicle emissions standards in Regulation (EC) 595/2009 and Regulation (EU) 582/2011.\nRegulations 4, 6 and 7 set out the applicable time limits and conditions relating to the new reduced pollution requirements, the granting of certificates and whether the certificate provides conclusive evidence that the vehicle meets the reduced pollution requirements.\nAn impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Environment and International Transport Economics Division of the Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk. A copy of the impact assessment has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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