Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Amendment to Schedule 10 (emissions from certain motor vehicles)

4.—(1) Schedule 10 to the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In paragraph (3) –

(a) the word “or” immediately following sub-paragraph (a) shall be deleted;

(b) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted –

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

or”;

(c) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added –

“(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 (4A) –

(a) the word “or” immediately following sub-paragraph (a) shall be deleted;

(b) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted –

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

or”;

(c) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added –

“(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 –

“8.   This Part of this Schedule applies to a vehicle if when tested in accordance with point 8.2.2. of Annex II of Council Directive 96/96/EC as replaced by Annex to Commission Directive 2003/27/EC, 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.”.