Scope
Article 2
This Regulation applies to the monitoring and reporting by the Secretary of State and manufacturers of heavy-duty vehicles of data on new heavy-duty vehicles.
It applies with regard to the following vehicle categories:
1. vehicles of categories M1, M2, N1 and N2 with a reference mass that exceeds 2 610 kg and which do not fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council , as it has effect in domestic law or, as the case may be, as that Regulation has effect in EU law as amended from time to time and by virtue of the Northern Ireland Protocol, and all vehicles of categories M3 and N3;
2. vehicles of categories O3 and O4.
For the purposes of this Regulation, those vehicles are referred to as heavy-duty vehicles.
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information (OJ L 171, 29.6.2007, p. 1).
Words in Art. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Heavy Duty Vehicles (Emissions and Fuel Consumption) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/846), regs. 2, 5; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 2(a) inserted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards (Cars, Vans and Heavy Duty Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1361), regs. 1(2), 15(2)