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/EC3 as replaced by Article 1 of Commission Directive 2003/27/EC4; or

b

point 2.2 of Annex II of Directive 2000/30/EC of the European Parliament and the Council5 as replaced by Article 1 of Commission Directive 2003/26/EC6.