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.