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.”.