The Passenger Car Fuel Consumption (Amendment) Order 1996

5.  For Article 8 there shall be substituted the following article—

“Calculation of fuel consumption figures

8.   Where, pursuant to the provisions of Article 6(2)(c), particulars of the tests are submitted to the Secretary of State in the form set out in Part III of Schedule 2—

(a) the fuel consumption in litres per hundred kilometres required to be stated in paragraph 12 of the particulars shall be the fuel consumption as determined by the tests expressed—

(i) if the fuel consumption is 5.0 litres per hundred kilometres or less, to the nearest 2 decimal places (amounts of 0.005 being treated as zero); and

(ii) if the fuel consumption is more than 5.0 litres per hundred kilometres, to the nearest decimal place (amounts of 0.05 being treated as zero); and

(b) the fuel consumption in miles per gallon required to be stated in paragraph 12 of the particulars shall be calculated by dividing 282.481 by the fuel consumption in litres per hundred kilometres as determined by the tests (the results being expressed to one decimal place and amounts of 0.05 being treated as 0.1).”