{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicle-excise-and-registration-act-1994/schedule-1/paragraph-1GA",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/22",
  "legislation_title": "Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicle-excise-and-registration-act-1994",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1GA",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1GA",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This Part of this Schedule applies to a vehicle which—\n(a) is first registered, under this Act or under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, on or after 1 April 2017, and\n(b) is so registered on the basis of an EU certificate of conformity or UK approval certificate that—\n(i) identifies the vehicle as having been approved as a light passenger vehicle, and\n(ii) specifies a CO2 emissions figure in terms of grams per kilometre driven.\n(1A) But this Part of this Schedule does not apply to a motor caravan which is first registered, under this Act or under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, on or after 12 March 2020.\n(1B) Sub-paragraph (1C) has effect where—\n(a) the vehicle’s rate of CO₂ emissions in grams per kilometre driven is zero,\n(b) the certificate mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) does not specify a CO₂ emissions figure, and\n(c) this Part of this Schedule would apply to the vehicle if the condition in sub-paragraph (1)(b)(ii) were met.\n(1C) For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule (and notwithstanding anything in sub-paragraph (5))—\n(a) the certificate is regarded as specifying a CO₂ figure of zero in terms of grams per kilometre driven, and\n(b) accordingly the applicable CO₂ emissions figure is to be taken to be zero.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(b)(i) a “light passenger vehicle” means—\n(a) a vehicle within Category M1 of Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC (vehicle designed and constructed primarily for the carriage of passengers and comprising no more than 8 seats in addition to the driver’s seat), or\n(b) a vehicle within Category M1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (vehicle designed and constructed primarily for the carriage of passengers and comprising no more than 8 seats in addition to the driver’s seat).\n(2A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1A) a vehicle is a “motor caravan” if the certificate mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) identifies the vehicle as a motor caravan within the meaning of—\n(a) Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC, or\n(b) Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.\n(3) The following provisions of Part 1A of this Schedule apply for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule as they apply for the purposes of that Part—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) paragraph 1A(5) (effect of subsequent modifications);\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) paragraph 1G(2) (meaning of “UK approval certificate”).\n(4) References in this Part of this Schedule to an “EU certificate of conformity” are to a certificate of conformity within the meaning of—\n(a) Directive 2007/46/EC, or\n(b) Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.\n(5) Sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) of paragraph 1A of this Schedule (meaning of “the applicable CO2 emissions figure”) apply for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule as they apply for the purposes of Part 1A of this Schedule, but—\n(a) any reference to an EU certificate of conformity in paragraph 1A(3) or (4) is to be construed in accordance with sub-paragraph (4) of this paragraph, ...\n(b) for the purpose of determining the applicable CO2 emissions figure of a vehicle first registered before 1 April 2020 , ignore any WLTP (worldwide harmonised light vehicles test procedures) values specified in an EU certificate of conformity or UK approval certificate , and\n(c) for the purpose of determining the applicable CO2 emissions figure of a vehicle first registered on or after 1 April 2020, ignore any values specified in an EU certificate of conformity or UK approval certificate that are not WLTP (worldwide harmonised light vehicle test procedures) values",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 1AA inserted (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 46(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1GA(1A) inserted (22.7.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 86(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1GA(1B)(1C) inserted (in relation to licences taken out on or after 1.4.2025) by Finance Act 2025 (c. 8), s. 71(3)(c)(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1GA(2) substituted (1.9.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 3(3)(a) (with Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1GA(2A) substituted (1.9.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 3(3)(b) (with Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1GA(3)(a) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 48(7) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), s. 48(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1GA(3)(c) omitted (in relation to licences taken out on or after 1.4.2025) by virtue of Finance Act 2025 (c. 8), s. 66(7)(17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1GA(3)(d) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 48(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), s. 48(4)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1GA(4)(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 48(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), s. 48(4)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1GA(4) substituted (1.9.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 3(3)(c) (with Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 para. 1GA(5)(a) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 84(2) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 84(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1GA(5)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 84(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 84(1)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 para. 1GA(5)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 84(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 84(1)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1GA(5)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 84(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 84(1)(b)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1GA(5)(c) and word inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 84(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 84(1)(c)"
    }
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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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