[F11A(1)This Part of this Schedule applies to a vehicle which—U.K.
(a)is first registered[F2, under this Act or under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom,] on or after 1st March 2001, and
(b)is so registered on the basis of an EC certificate of conformity or UK approval certificate that—
(i)identifies the vehicle as having been approved as a light passenger vehicle, and
(ii)specifies a CO2 emissions figure in terms of grams per kilometre driven.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1)(b)(i) a “light passenger vehicle” means a vehicle within Category M1 of Annex II to Council Directive 70/156/EEC (vehicle with at least four wheels used for carriage of passengers and comprising no more than 8 seats in addition to the driver’s seat).
(3)For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule “the applicable CO2 emissions figure” is—
(a)where the EC certificate of conformity or UK approval certificate specifies only one CO2 emissions figure, that figure, and
(b)where it specifies more than one, the figure specified as the CO2 emissions (combined) figure.
(4)Where the car is registered on the basis of an EC certificate of conformity, or UK approval certificate, that specifies separate CO2 emissions figures in terms of grams per kilometre driven for different fuels, “the applicable CO2 emissions figure” is the lowest figure specified or, in a case within sub-paragraph (3)(b), the lowest CO2 emissions (combined) figure specified.
(5)If a vehicle is on first registration[F3, under this Act or under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom,] a vehicle to which this Part of this Schedule applies—
(a)its status as such a vehicle, and
(b)the applicable CO2 emissions figure,
are not affected by any subsequent modification of the vehicle.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pts. 1A, 1B inserted (28.7.2000) by 2000 c. 17, s. 22, Sch. 3
F2Words in Sch. 1 para. 1A(1)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 4 para. 5(2)(a)
F3Words in Sch. 1 para. 1A(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 4 para. 5(2)(b)