Amendments to regulation 61 (emission of smoke, vapour, gases, oily substances, etc.)5

1

Regulation 61 shall be amended as follows—

2

In paragraph (1), after the word “constructed” there shall be inserted the words “and maintained”.

3

After paragraph (3A) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

3B

Instead of complying with paragraph (1) a vehicle may comply with a relevant instrument.

3C

Instead of complying with such provisions of items 1, 2 and 3 in Table I as apply to it, a vehicle may at the time of its first use comply with a relevant instrument.

4

In paragraph (4), for the words from the beginning to “comply” there shall be substituted the words “For the purposes of paragraphs (3B) and (3C), a reference to a vehicle complying with a relevant instrument is a reference to a vehicle complying”.

5

After paragraph (10) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

10A

Without prejudice to paragraphs (1) and (7) no person shall use, or cause or permit to be used on a road, a vehicle first used on or after the I August 1975 and propelled by a four-stroke spark ignition engine, unless the vehicle is in such a condition that, when the engine is idling—

a

the carbon monoxide content of the exhaust emissions from the engine does not exceed—

i

in the case of a vehicle first used on or after 1 August 1983, 4.5% or

ii

in any other case, 6%;

of the total exhaust emissions from the engine by volume; and

b

the hydrocarbon content of those emissions does not exceed 0. 12% of the total exhaust emissions from the engine by volume.

10B

Paragraph (10A) does not apply to—

a

a vehicle if at the date that the engine was manufactured, that engine was incapable of meeting the requirements specified in that paragraph;

b

a vehicle being driven to a place where it is to undergo repairs;

c

a vehicle which was constructed or assembled by a person not ordinarily engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicles of that description;

d

an exempt vehicle within the meaning given by paragraph (12)(a) above;

e

a goods vehicle with a maximum gross weight exceeding 3,500 kg;

f

engineering plant, an industrial tractor, or a works truck; or

g

a Class V or Class VI vehicle within the meaning of the Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 19814.