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Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1997

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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1997/1544
Year1997

1997 No. 1544

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1997

Made 20th June 1997

Laid before Parliament 20th June 1997

Coming into force 1st August 1997

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41(1), (2) and (5) of the Road Traffic Act 19881and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st August 1997.

S-2 Preliminary

Preliminary

2.—(1) The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 19862shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

(2) The Secretary of State is satisfied that—

(a)

(a) it is requisite that the provisions of regulation 3(2) of these Regulations shall apply as from 1st October 1997 to vehicles registered under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 19943before the expiration of one year from the making of these Regulations; and

(b)

(b) notwithstanding that the said provisions will then apply to those vehicles, no undue hardship or inconvenience will be caused thereby.

S-3 Amendment of regulation 61 (emission of smoke, vapour, gases, oily substances, etc)

Amendment of regulation 61 (emission of smoke, vapour, gases, oily substances, etc)

3.—(1) Regulation 61 shall be amended as follows.

(2) For Table II there shall be substituted the Table set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

S-4 Amendment to Schedule 7B (emissions from certain motor vehicles)

Amendment to Schedule 7B (emissions from certain motor vehicles)

4.—(1) Schedule 7B shall be amended as follows.

(2) For sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 7 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(b)

“(b) “the emissions publication” is the publication entitled “In-Service Exhaust Emissions Standards for Road Vehicles (Third Edition)” (ISBN 0–9526457–2–6) published by the Department of Transport.”

Helene Hayman

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

20th June 1997

THE SCHEDULE

Regulation 3(2)

THE SCHEDULE

TABLE II

(regulation 61(3A), (3C), (7), (11) and (12))

(1) Item

(2) Class of Vehicle

(3) Date of First Use

(4) Design, construction and equipment requirements

(a) Instrument

(b) Place in instrument where requirements are stated

(5) Vehicles exempted from requirements

(6) Emitted substances

1

Vehicles propelled by a spark ignition engine.

1st October 1982

Community Directive 78/665

or

ECE Regulation 15.03

Annex I, paragraphs 3 and 5.

Paragraphs 5, 8 and 11.

(a) A vehicle whose maximum gross weight exceeds 3,500 kg;

(b) A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12 or 13;

(c) A vehicle whose maximum speed is less than 50 km/h;

(d) An exempt vehicle.

Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen.

2

All vehicles.

1st April 1991

Community Directive 83/351

or

ECE Regulation 15.04

Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8.

Paragraphs 5, 8 and 12.

(a) A vehicle propelled by a compression ignition engine and whose maximum gross weight exceeds 3,500 kg;

(b) A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 4, 5, 8, 11, 12 or 13;

(c) A vehicle within the meaning given by Article 1 of Community Directive 88/77 and which complies with the requirements of item 6, 9, or 10;

(d) An industrial tractor, works truck or engineering plant;

(e) A vehicle whose maximum speed is less than 50 km/h;

(f) An exempt vehicle.

Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen.

3

Industrial tractors, works trucks and engineering plant propelled in each case by a compression ignition engine.

1st April 1993

ECE Regulation 49

Paragraphs 5 and 7.

A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 6, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13.

Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen.

4

Passenger vehicles which—

(a) are constructed or adapted to carry not more than 5 passengers excluding the driver, and

(b) have a maximum gross weight of not more than 2,500 kg, not being off-road vehicles.

1st April 1991

Community Directive 88/76

or

Community Directive 89/458

or

ECE Regulation 83

Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8.

Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8.

Paragraphs 5, 8 and 13.

(a) A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 2, 8, 11, 12 or 13;

(b) A vehicle whose maximum speed is less than 50 km/h;

(c) An exempt vehicle.

Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen.

5

Vehicles which are not of a description specified in this column in item 4 but which—

(a) are propelled by a spark ignition engine and have a maximum gross weight of not more than 2,000 kg,

or

(a) are propelled by a compression ignition engine and have a maximum gross weight of more than 3,500 kg.

1st April 1992

1st April 1991

Community Directive 88/76

or

ECE Regulation 83

Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8.

Paragraphs 5, 8 and 13.

(a) A vehicle within the meaning given by Article 1 of Community Directive 88/77 and which complies with the requirements of item 6, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13;

(b) An industrial tractor, works truck or engineering plant;

(c) A vehicle whose maximum speed is less than 50 km/h;

(d) A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 8;

(e) An exempt vehicle.

Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen.

6

All vehicles propelled by compression ignition engines.

1st April 1991

Community Directive 88/77

or

ECE Regulation 49.01

Annex I, paragraphs 6, 7 and 8.

Paragraphs 5, 6 and 7.

(a) A vehicle whose maximum gross weight is less than 3,500 kg and which complies with the requirements of item 2;

(b) A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13;

(c) A fire appliance which is first used before 1st October 1992;

(d) An industrial tractor, works truck or engineering plant;

(e) An exempt vehicle.

Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen.

7

Passenger vehicles which—

(a) are constructed or adapted to carry not more than 5 passengers...

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