PART 2Emission standards and exemptions

Emission standards2.

For the purpose of section 6(1)(a) (restriction on driving within a zone) of the 2019 Act14 the emission standard for—

(a)

a compression ignition engine vehicle is the standard specified for that vehicle in—

(i)

Table 1 in schedule 1 (euro 6 standards for compression ignition engine vehicles), or

(ii)

Table 2 in schedule 1 (euro VI standards for compression ignition engine vehicles),

(b)

a positive ignition engine vehicle is the standard specified for that vehicle in—

(i)

Table 1 in schedule 2 (euro 4 standards for positive ignition engine vehicles), or

(ii)

Table 2 in schedule 2 (euro IV standards for positive ignition engine vehicles),

(c)

mopeds and motorcycles is standard specified for those vehicles in the Table in schedule 3 (euro 3).

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I1Reg. 2 in force at 31.5.2021, see reg. 1(1)

Exemptions3.

(1)

For the purpose of section 6(1)(b) (restriction on driving within a zone) of the 2019 Act a vehicle is exempt if—

(a)

it is being driven by any person—

(i)

in the exercise of their duty as a constable,

(ii)

providing a response to an emergency at the request of the Scottish Ambulance Service Board,

(iii)

in the exercise of the functions of—

(aa)

the Scottish Ambulance Service Board under article 4(1)(a) (functions of the Board) of the Scottish Ambulance Service Board Order 199915,

(bb)

the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service,

(cc)

Her Majesty’s Coastguard,

(dd)

the National Crime Agency,

(iv)

for naval, military or air force purposes,

(b)

it is being driven by a person to whom a badge has been issued under section 21(2) (badges for display on motor vehicles used by disabled persons) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 197016,

(c)

a passenger in the vehicle has been issued with a badge under that section of that Act,

(d)

a badge for the vehicle has been issued under section 21(4) of that Act17,

(e)

it is one to which paragraph 1ZA of schedule 1 (annual rates of duty) of the 1994 Act18 applies by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph,

(f)

it is exempt from payment of vehicle excise duty under paragraph 19(1) or 20(1)19 of schedule 2 (exempt vehicles) of the 1994 Act,

(g)

it is a showman’s goods vehicle or a showman’s vehicle,

(h)

it is a vehicle of historical interest.

(2)

In this regulation—

“showman’s goods vehicle” and “showman’s vehicle” have the meanings given by section 62(1)20 (other definitions) of the 1994 Act,
“vehicle excise duty” has the meaning given by section 1(1)21 (duty and licences) of the 1994 Act,

”vehicle of historical interest” means a vehicle which is considered to be of historical interest to the United Kingdom and which—

(a)

was manufactured, or registered, for the first time at least 30 years previously,

(b)

is of a type no longer in production, and

(c)

has been historically preserved or maintained in its original state and has not undergone substantial changes in the technical characteristics of its main components,

where “type” in relation to the vehicle has same meaning as “type of vehicle” in Article 3(32) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles22.