7.—(1) Schedule 8 to the principal Regulations(1) is amended as follows.
(2) After paragraph 1(4A), insert—
“(4B) Paragraphs (5) and (6) of regulation 74B shall not apply to a type approval end of series vehicle, if it has been first used before 1st January 2018 and is lawfully equipped with an air conditioning system designed to contain high-GWP fluorinated greenhouse gases.”.
(3) In paragraph 2(2)—
(a)after the words “regulation 74A” where they first appear, insert “or paragraph (5) or (6) of regulation 74B”,
(b)after the words “in certain circumstances defer the date on which certain requirements relating to exhaust emissions,”, insert “air conditioning systems,”,
(c)before the words “are the same as the type approval requirements”, insert “or, in relation to paragraph (5) or (6) of regulation 74B, 1st January 2017,”, and
(d)at the end, insert “or, in relation to paragraph (5) or (6) of regulation 74B, immediately before 1st January 2017”.
(4) In paragraph 2(2A)—
(a)after the words “regulation 74A,”, insert “or paragraph (5) or (6) of regulation 74B”; and
(b)at the end, insert “, or Article 27 of Community Directive 2007/46”.
(5) After paragraph 2(2A), insert—
“(2B) For the purposes of paragraph 1, a vehicle is a type approval end of series vehicle in relation to—
(a)an item numbered 2 or higher in the Table in regulation 67,
(b)an item numbered 10 or higher (other than item 11) in Table II in regulation 74,
(c)any provision of any Community Directive specified in item 1 or 2 in the Table in regulation 74A, or
(d)paragraph (5) or (6) of regulation 74B,
if a direction given under regulation 12 or 13 of the EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval Regulations or regulation 31 or 32 of the Vehicle Approval Regulations is in force in relation to the vehicle.”.
(6) In paragraph 7(2)(a), after the words “EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval Regulations”, insert “or the Vehicle Approval Regulations”.
Schedule 8 was amended by S.R. 2002 No. 375 regulation 15 and S.R. 2007 No. 481 regulation 7