Article 4U.K.General obligations of [F1the Secretary of State]

1.Subject to the dates of phases of application set out in Annex III to this Regulation and without prejudice to [F2Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858], [F3the approval authority] shall refuse, on grounds relating to the permissible sound level, to grant [F4GB type-approval] in respect of a type of motor vehicle which does not comply with the requirements of this Regulation.

2.From 1 July 2016, [F5the approval authority] shall refuse, on grounds relating to the permissible sound level, to grant [F4GB type-approval] in respect of a type of replacement silencing system, or components thereof, as a separate technical unit which does not comply with the requirements of this Regulation.

[F6The approval authority may grant GB type-approval, under the terms and test procedures of Annex II of Directive 70/157/EEC as it had effect in EU law on IP completion date, to a replacement silencing system, or components thereof, as a separate technical unit intended for vehicles type-approved before the dates of phases of application set out in Annex III to this Regulation.]

3.Subject to the dates of phases of application set out in Annex III to this Regulation, [F7the Secretary of State] shall, on grounds relating to the permissible sound level, consider certificates of conformity for new vehicles to be no longer valid for the purposes of [F8Article 48 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858], and shall prohibit the registration, sale and entry into service of such vehicles where such vehicles do not comply with this Regulation.

4.[F9The Secretary of State] shall permit, on grounds relating to the permissible sound level, the sale and entry into service of a replacement silencing system, or components thereof, as a separate technical unit, if it conforms to a type in respect of which a [F4GB type-approval] has been granted in accordance with this Regulation.

[F9The Secretary of State] shall permit the sale and entry into service of replacement silencing systems, or components thereof, [F10holding an EU type-approval as a separate technical unit under the terms of Annex II to Directive 70/157/EEC issued by—

(a)the Secretary of State before IP completion day, or

(b)an approval authority of a member State before 1st January 2023.]

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