The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2003

Amendment of Schedule 7B (emissions from certain motor vehicles)

5.—(1) Schedule 7B shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 3—

(a)the word “or” immediately after sub-paragraph (a) shall be omitted;

(b)for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—

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

(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 3A—

(a)the word “or” immediately after sub-paragraph (a) shall be omitted;

(b)for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—

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

(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 the following paragraph—

“8.—(1) This Part of this Schedule applies to a vehicle if, when subjected to a relevant test, 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.

(2) In paragraph (1) “a relevant test” means a test conducted in accordance with—

(a)point 8.2.2 of Annex II of Council Directive 96/96/EC(1) as replaced by Article 1 of Commission Directive 2003/27/EC(2); or

(b)point 2.2 of Annex II of Directive 2000/30/EC of the European Parliament and the Council(3) as replaced by Article 1 of Commission Directive 2003/26/EC(4).”