The Vehicle Excise Duty (Reduced Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 2000

Amendment of the Vehicle Excise Duty (Reduced Pollution) Regulations 1998

4.  In regulation 5—

(1) in paragraph (1), for the words “paragraph (3)” shall be substituted “paragraphs (3) or (3A)”;

(2) in paragraph (3)—

(a) for the word “In” shall be substituted “Subject to paragraph (3A), in”; and

(b) in the table—

(i) at item 3 in column (3), for the figure “0.08” shall be substituted “0.03”;

(ii) at item 4 in column (2), for the words “European Commission Proposal (COM (97) 627) for a European and Council Directive amending Council Directive 88/77” shall be substituted “Directive 1999/96 Annex I paragraph 6.2.1.Rows A of Tables 1 and 2”;

(iii) at item 4 in column (3), for the figure “0.04” shall be substituted “0.03”; and

(3) after paragraph (3) shall be inserted—

“(3A) In the case of a vehicle in respect of which a reduced pollution certificate was in force on 4th January 2001, the reduced pollution requirements are satisifed if the vehicle continues to meet the reduced pollution requirements in respect of which that certificate was issued.”