Vehicle exhaust emissions—spark ignition engines manufactured 1 July 1976 to before 1 February 1986
137 Vehicle exhaust emissions—spark ignition engines manufactured 1 July 1976 to before 1 February 1986
This regulation applies to—
forward-control passenger vehicles; and
off-road passenger vehicles; and
passenger cars; and
passenger car derivatives.
A person must not sell or supply, or use or permit to be used on a highway, a vehicle powered by a spark ignition engine manufactured on or after 1 July 1976 and before 1 February 1986 that exceeds an emission level specified in subregulation (3).
Penalty: 60 penalty units for a natural person;
300 penalty units for a body corporate.
Note
An infringement notice may be served for an offence against this regulation—see regulation 169 and Schedule 10.
For the purposes of subregulation (2), a specified emission level is—
in the case of the emission of carbon monoxide, a carbon monoxide level of ≤4·5 at idle (% by volume) concentration of carbon monoxide in exhaust gases of the vehicle; and
in the case of the emission of hydrocarbons, a hydrocarbon concentration of ≤1200 at idle (ppm) concentration of hydrocarbons in exhaust gases of the vehicle.
In this regulation—
at idle means as determined by the idle test set out in Part A of Schedule 9.
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