{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicle-excise-and-registration-act-1994/schedule-1/paragraph-1L",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicle-excise-and-registration-act-1994/schedule-1/paragraph-1L.json",
  "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/1L",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1L",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In paragraph 1K—\n“Type I test” means a test as described in section 5.3 of Annex I to Council Directive 70/220/EEC as amended (test for simulating/verifying the average tailpipe emissions after a cold start and carried out using the procedure described in Annex III of that Directive as amended);\n“the reference mass” of a vehicle means the mass of the vehicle with bodywork and, in the case of a towing vehicle, with coupling device, if fitted by the manufacturer, in running order, or mass of the chassis or chassis with cab, without bodywork and/or coupling device if the manufacturer does not fit the bodywork and/or coupling device (including liquids and tools, and spare wheel if fitted, and with the fuel tank filled to 90% and the other liquid containing systems, except those for used water, to 100% of the capacity specified by the manufacturer), increased by a uniform mass of 100 kilograms;\n“CO” means mass of carbon monoxide;\n“HC” means mass of hydrocarbons;\n“NOx” means mass of oxides of nitrogen;\n“PM” means mass of particulates (for compression ignition engines).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 paras. 1J-1L substituted for Sch. 1 para. 1J (24.7.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 16(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 16(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/schedule/1/paragraph/1L",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:01.789117+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."
}