Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st October 2006.

Amendment of regulations

2.Schedule 2 (reduced pollution certificates and the reduced pollution requirements) to the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002( 2 ) shall be amended in accordance with the following regulations.

3. In paragraph 1 (interpretation of Schedule) in sub-paragraph (1) after the definition of “reduced pollution examination” there shall be inserted—

“ “registered” in relation to an eligible vehicle means registered under section 21 of the 1994 Act; ” .

4. In paragraph 4 (the reduced pollution requirements)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (3)—

(i) before paragraph (a) there shall be inserted—

“ (za) which is registered before 1st October 2006; ” ;

(ii) in paragraph (b) for “first used” there shall be substituted “registered”;

(iii) in Table 1 in the heading to column 2 for “first used” there shall be substituted “registered”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (4)—

(i) before paragraph (a) there shall be inserted—

“ (za) which is registered before 1st October 2006; ” ;

(ii) in paragraph (b) for “first used” there shall be substituted “registered”;

(iii) in Table 2 in the heading to column 2 for “first used” there shall be substituted “registered”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (5) for “first used” there shall be substituted “registered”; and

(d) sub-paragraph (6) shall be omitted.

5. In paragraph 7 (reduced pollution certificate to be conclusive) in sub-paragraph (1) after “eligible vehicle” there shall be inserted “which is registered,”.

6. In paragraph 10 (revocation, surrender and cancellation of a reduced pollution certificate) in sub-paragraph (1), at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraph 10A,”.

7. After paragraph 10 there shall be inserted—

“ 10A. —(1) Where pursuant to regulation 5(1) an applicant furnishes a reduced pollution certificate in respect of a vehicle which is not registered, the Secretary of State shall revoke that certificate if he is satisfied that it relates to an eligible vehicle which does not fall within paragraph 4(3) or (4).

(2) Where the Secretary of State revokes a reduced pollution certificate under sub-paragraph (1) he shall cancel that certificate, whereupon it shall cease to have effect. ” .