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[F1Vehicles to which this Part applies etcU.K.

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F1Sch. 1 Pt. 1AA inserted (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 46(2)(c)

1GA(1)This Part of this Schedule applies to a vehicle which—U.K.

(a)is first registered, under this Act or under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, on or after 1 April 2017, and

(b)is so registered on the basis of an EU 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.

[F2(1A)But this Part of this Schedule does not apply to a motor caravan which is first registered, under this Act or under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, on or after 12 March 2020.]

[F3(2)In sub-paragraph (1)(b)(i) a “light passenger vehicle” means—

(a)a vehicle within Category M1 of Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC (vehicle designed and constructed primarily for the carriage of passengers and comprising no more than 8 seats in addition to the driver’s seat), or

(b)a vehicle within Category M1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (vehicle designed and constructed primarily for the carriage of passengers and comprising no more than 8 seats in addition to the driver’s seat).]

[F4(2A)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1A) a vehicle is a “motor caravan” if the certificate mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) identifies the vehicle as a motor caravan within the meaning of—

(a)Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC, or

(b)Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.]

(3)The following provisions of Part 1A of this Schedule apply for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule as they apply for the purposes of that Part—

F5(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)paragraph 1A(5) (effect of subsequent modifications);

(c)paragraphs 1C and 1D (the reduced rate and the standard rate);

[F6(d)paragraph 1G(2) (meaning of “UK approval certificate”).]

[F7[F8(4)References in this Part of this Schedule to an “EU certificate of conformity” are to a certificate of conformity within the meaning of—

(a)Directive 2007/46/EC, or

(b)Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.]

(5)Sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) of paragraph 1A of this Schedule (meaning of “the applicable CO2 emissions figure”) apply for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule as they apply for the purposes of Part 1A of this Schedule, but—

(a)any reference to an EU certificate of conformity in paragraph 1A(3) or (4) is to be construed in accordance with sub-paragraph (4) of this paragraph, F9...

(b)for the purpose of determining the applicable CO2 emissions figure [F10of a vehicle first registered before 1 April 2020] , ignore any WLTP (worldwide harmonised [F11light] vehicles test procedures) values specified in an EU certificate of conformity [F12or UK approval certificate] [F13, and

(c)for the purpose of determining the applicable CO2 emissions figure of a vehicle first registered on or after 1 April 2020, ignore any values specified in an EU certificate of conformity or UK approval certificate that are not WLTP (worldwide harmonised light vehicle test procedures) values]]]

Textual Amendments

F2Sch. 1 para. 1GA(1A) inserted (22.7.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 86(2)

F5Sch. 1 para. 1GA(3)(a) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 48(7) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), s. 48(4)(b)

F6Sch. 1 para. 1GA(3)(d) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 48(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), s. 48(4)(c)

F7Sch. 1 para. 1GA(4)(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 48(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), s. 48(4)(d)

F9Word in Sch. 1 para. 1GA(5)(a) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 84(2) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 84(1)(a)

F10Words in Sch. 1 para. 1GA(5)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 84(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 84(1)(b)(i)

F11Word in Sch. 1 para. 1GA(5)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 84(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 84(1)(b)(ii)

F12Words in Sch. 1 para. 1GA(5)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 84(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 84(1)(b)(iii)

F13Sch. 1 para. 1GA(5)(c) and word inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 84(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 84(1)(c)

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