The Passenger Car (Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions Information) Regulations 2001

Interpretation U.K.

3.—(1) In these Regulations—

• F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “dealer” means a retailer or other person who displays or offers for sale or lease new passenger cars to end users;

• [F2 “EU certificate of conformity” has the same meaning as “certificate of conformity” in Article 3(5) of the Type Approval Regulation;]

• [F3 “EU type approval certificate” means a type approval certificate issued pursuant to Article 28 or 41 of the Type Approval Regulation;]

• “enforcement authority” means—

  (a)

  in England and Wales and Scotland, the Secretary of State or a local weights and measures authority within the meaning of section 69 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 M1 ; and

  (b)

  in Northern Ireland, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment;

• F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “fuel economy guide” means the publication containing official fuel consumption and official specific emissions of CO₂ figures, which is published by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions for the purposes of Article 4 of Council Directive 1999/94/EC of 13th December 1999 M2 and which meets the requirements specified in Schedule 1;

• “fuel economy label” means a label which contains the official fuel consumption and official specific emissions of CO₂ figures for a model of new passenger car and which meets the requirements specified in Schedule 2;

• “make”, in relation to a passenger car, means the trade name of the manufacturer appearing on the [F5 EU] certificate of conformity and the [F5 EU] type approval certificate relating to that car;

• “model”, in relation to a passenger car, means the commercial description of its make and type, and any variant or version covered by that description;

• “new passenger car” means a passenger car which has not previously been sold to a person who bought it for a purpose other than that of selling or supplying it;

• “official fuel consumption” means, in relation to a model of passenger car, the fuel consumption figures for that model measured in accordance with the provisions of [F6 Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1151] and contained in the relevant [F7 EU] type approval certificate or [F7 EU] certificate of conformity, except that where a model comprises more than one variant or version it means the highest such figures for any of those variants or versions;

• “official specific emissions of CO₂” means, in relation to a model of passenger car, the specific emissions of CO₂ figures for that model measured in accordance with the provisions of [F8 Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1151] and contained in the relevant [F9 EU] type approval certificate or the [F9 EU] certificate of conformity, except that where a model comprises more than one variant or version it means the highest such figures for any of those variants or versions;

• “passenger car” means a motor vehicle to which these Regulations apply by virtue of regulation 4;

• “point of sale” means a location where new passenger cars are displayed or offered for sale or lease and includes a car showroom or forecourt and a trade fair where new cars are presented to the public;

• “promotional literature” means all printed matter used in the marketing, advertising and promotion of a new passenger car for sale or lease to the general public;

• “supplier” means the manufacturer of a passenger car or any person authorised to act on that person’s behalf within the Community;

• [F10 “the Type Approval Regulation” means 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;]

• “type”, “variant” and “version” have the same meaning as in [F11 Part B of Annex I to the Type Approval Regulation].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 3(1) omitted (1.9.2020) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 15(2)(a) (with Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)

F2 Words in reg. 3(1) substituted (1.9.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 15(2)(b) (with Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)

F3 Words in reg. 3(1) substituted (1.9.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 15(2)(c) (with Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)

F4 Words in reg. 3(1) omitted (1.9.2020) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 15(2)(d) (with Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)

F5 Word in reg. 3(1) substituted (1.9.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 15(2)(e) (with Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)

F6 Words in reg. 3(1) substituted (1.1.2019) by The Road Vehicles (Defeat Devices, Fuel Economy and Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/673), regs. 1(a), 4(a)

F7 Word in reg. 3(1) substituted (1.9.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 15(2)(f) (with Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)

F8 Words in reg. 3(1) substituted (1.4.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Defeat Devices, Fuel Economy and Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/673), regs. 1(b), 4(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/229, regs. 1, 2(2))

F9 Word in reg. 3(1) substituted (1.9.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 15(2)(g) (with Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)

F10 Words in reg. 3(1) inserted (1.9.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 15(2)(i) (with Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)

F11 Words in reg. 3(1) substituted (1.9.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 15(2)(h) (with Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)

Marginal Citations

M1 1985 c. 72, as amended by paragraph 75 of Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and paragraph 144 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

M2 O.J. No. L12, 18.1.2000, p.16.