The Road Vehicles (Defeat Devices, Fuel Economy and
Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Laid before Parliament
10th March 2020
Coming into force
31st March 2020
The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following
Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section
2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972().
The Secretary of State for Transport is a Minister
designated() for the purposes of
section 2(2) of that Act for the regulation of the type,
description, construction or equipment of vehicles, and of
components of vehicles, and in particular any vehicle type
approval scheme and in relation to measures relating to the
environment.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as
the Road Vehicles (Defeat Devices, Fuel Economy and
Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force
on 31st March 2020.
Amendment of Regulations
2.—(1) The
Road Vehicles (Defeat Devices, Fuel Economy and Type-Approval)
(Amendment) Regulations 2018() are
amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(b) (citation and commencement), for “6th
April 2020” substitute “1st April 2020”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
5th March 2020
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations amend the Road Vehicles (Defeat Devices, Fuel
Economy and Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
(S.I. 2018/673) “the
2018 Regulations” for the purposes of the coming into force of a
new test procedure for measuring CO2 emissions from passenger
cars.
Regulation 2 amends the commencement date in regulation 1(b) of
the 2018 Regulations from 6th April 2020 to 1st April 2020. This
brings forward the coming into force of regulation 4(b) of the
2018 Regulations.
Regulation 4(b) of the 2018 Regulations amends the Passenger Car
(Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions Information) Regulations 2001
(S.I. 2001/3523);
amending the definition of “official specific emissions of CO2”
in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU)
No. 2017/1151, which changes the basis of the test to be used
to measure fuel economy from the New European Driving Cycle
(NEDC) to the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure
(WLTP).
An impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations
as they have no, or no significant impact on the cost of
business, the voluntary sector and the public sector.
An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside these
Regulations on the UK legislation website at www.legislation.gov.uk.
