ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 31st December 1992. Preliminary 2 1 The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. 2 The Secretary of State is satisfied that— a it is requisite that the provisions of regulation 3 shall apply as from 31st December 1992 to vehicles registered under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 before the expiration of one year from the making of these Regulations; and b notwithstanding that the said provisions will then apply to those vehicles, no undue hardship or inconvenience will be caused thereby. Amendments relating to exhaust emissions 3 1 Regulation 61 shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph 4(b)— a in sub-paragraph (i), for “or 88/76” there shall be substituted “, 88/76 or 91/441”; b the word “or” immediately following sub-paragraph (i) shall be omitted; c for sub-paragraph (ii), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs— ii in a case where the first use is on or after 1st April 1991 but before 31st December 1992, with Community Directive 83/351, 88/76 or 91/441, or ECE Regulation 15.04; or iii in any other case, with Community Directive 91/441. 3 In paragraph (7)(b), for the words “those requirements would neither” there shall be substituted the words “neither would those requirements”. 4 For paragraph (10) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 10 Where a vehicle is constructed or assembled by a person not ordinarily engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicles of that description, the date on which it is first used shall, for the purposes of paragraphs (3A), (7), (8) and (9), be regarded as being the 1st January immediately preceding the date of manufacture of the engine by which it is propelled. However, the date on which a vehicle is first used shall not, by virtue of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, be regarded in any circumstances as being later than the date on which it would otherwise have been regarded as being first used had those provisions been omitted. 5 In paragraph (10B), the word “or” immediately following sub-paragraph (f) shall be omitted, and after sub-paragraph (g) there shall be added the following words— or h a vehicle first used before 1st August 1987 if the engine is a rotary piston engine; and for the purposes of this paragraph “the engine”, in relation to a vehicle, means the engine by which it is propelled. 6 After paragraph (10B) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 10C For the purposes of this regulation— a any rotary piston engine shall be deemed to be a four-stroke engine; and b “rotary piston engine” means an engine in which the torque is provided by means of one or more rotary pistons and not by any reciprocating piston. 7 In paragraph (11), after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be added the words “and for the purposes of determining whether a vehicle is a vehicle to which item 8, 9 or 10 in that Table applies, regulation 4(2) shall be disregarded”. 8 For Table II, there shall be substituted the following Table— TABLE II (regulation 61(3A) and (7)) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Item Class of Vehicle Date of First Use Design, construction and equipment requirements Vehicles exempted from requirements Emitted Substances (a) (b) Instrument Place in instrument where requirement where requirements are stated 1 Vehicles propelled by a spark ignition engine 1st October 1992 Community Directive 78/665 or ECE Regulation 15.03. Annex I, paragraph 3 and 5 Paragraphs 5, 8 and 11 a A vehicle whose maximum gross weight exceeds 3500 kg ; b A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 2, 4, 5 or 8; 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 3500 kg; b A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 4, 5 and 8; 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 or 10. Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen. 4. Passenger vehicles which— are constructed or adapted to carry not more than 5 passengers excluding the driver, and have a maximum gross weight of not more than 2500 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 or 8; 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— are propelled by a spark ignition engine and have a maximum gross weight of not more than 2000 kg, or are propelled by a compression ignition engine and have a maximum gross weight of more than 3500 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 or 10; 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. Carbonmonoxide, 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 3500 kg and which complies with the requirements of item 2; b A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 4, 5, 8, 9 or 10; 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— are constructed or adapted to carry not more than 5 passengers excluding the driver, have a maximum gross weight of not more than 2500 kg, and are propelled by a compression ignition engine of the indirect injection type. 1st April 1991. Community Directive 88/436. Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8, as far as they relate to particulate emissions. a A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 8; b A vehicle whose maximum speed is less than 50 km/h; c An off-road vehicle; d An exempt vehicle. Particulates. 8 All vehicles. 31st December 1992. Community Directive 91/441. Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8. a A vehicle within the meaning given by Article 1 of Community Directive 88/77 and which complies with the requirements of item 6 and is first used before 1st October 1993 or which complies with the requirements of item 9 or 10; b An industrial tractor, works truck or engineering plant; c A vehicle whose maximum speed is less than 50 km/h; d An exempt vehicle. Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons oxides of nitrogen, and particulates. 9 All vehicles propelled by compression ignition engines. 1st October 1993. Community Directive 91/542. Annex I, paragraphs 6, 7 and 8 (excluding line B in the Tables in sub-paragraphs 6.2.1 and 8.3.1.1). a A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 8 or 10; b An industrial tractor, works truck or engineering plant; c An exempt vehicle. Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen, and particulates. 10 All vehicles propelled by compression ignition engines. 1st October 1996. Community Directive 91/542. Annex I, paragraphs 6,7 and 8 (excluding line A in the Tables in sub-paragraphs 6.2.1 and 8.3.1.1). a A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 8; b An industrial tractor, works truck or engineering plant; c An exempt vehicle. Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen, and particulates. Consequential amendments 4 1 In Tables I of Schedule 2, after item 62, there shall be inserted the following items— 63 91/441 26.6.9 L242, 30.8.91, p.1 Measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles 70/220 as amended by 74/290, 77,102, 78/665, 83/351, 88/76, 88/436 and 89/458 4G 2F 64 91/542 1.10.91 L295, 25.10.91, p.1 Measures to be taken against the emission of gaseous pollutants from diesel engines for use in vehicles 88/77 4H 2G 2 In Table II of Schedule 2, after item 21A, there shall be inserted the following item— 21AA 49.01 49 14.5.90 emissions of gaseous pollutants — — Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Kenneth Carlisle Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 3rd September 1992