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Environment Protection (Vehicle Emissions)
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1. Objective 1
2. Authorising provisions 1
3. Substitution of regulation 19 2
19. Offence to use vehicle that does not comply with this Part 2
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STATUTORY RULES 2006
S.R. No. 65/2006
Environment Protection Act 1970
Environment Protection (Vehicle Emissions)
(Amendment) Regulations 2006
The Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the
Environment Protection Authority, makes the following
Regulations:
Dated: 6 June 2006
Responsible Minister:
JOHN THWAITES
Minister for Environment
RUTH LEACH
Clerk of the Executive Council
1. Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to
reformulate an offence concerning construction,
maintenance and labelling requirements in relation
to vehicle emissions.
2. Authorising provisions
These Regulations are made under sections 53P
and 71 of the Environment Protection Act 1970.
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3. Substitution of regulation 19
For regulation 19 of the Environment Protection
(Vehicle Emissions) Regulations 20031
substitute—
"19. Offence to use vehicle that does not
comply with this Part
(1) A person must not, without just cause, use a
motor vehicle—
(a) if exhaust gases from the vehicle are
emitted from any place that was not
designed by the manufacturer to emit
such gases; or
(b) if any device or mechanism provided
for the adjustment of the mixture of air
and fuel supplied to the engine when it
is idling has been altered, modified or
tampered with from the manufacturer's
design so as to render it accessible; or
(c) if the vehicle has not been kept,
maintained and repaired in such a way
that any emission control equipment or
device, or component of the engine,
exhaust or fuel system, that is designed,
or installed in or on the vehicle, by the
manufacturer of the vehicle, to control
emissions from the vehicle—
(i) continues to operate in accordance
with the manufacturer's design;
and
(ii) decreases the rate of discharge of
any of the constituent parts of the
emission; and
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(iii) (if applicable) discharges and
disperses exhaust matter in an
upward direction as intended by
the exhaust system; and
(iv) remains effective to control
emissions from the vehicle; or
(d) in the case of a motor cycle or motor
tricycle, if the information required by
regulation 17 is not affixed to the
vehicle in the manner required by that
regulation.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) The registered owner of a motor vehicle
must not, without just cause, cause or permit
the vehicle to be used by another person in
any of the circumstances listed in sub-
regulation (1).
Penalty: 20 penalty units.".
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ENDNOTES
1 Reg. 3: S.R. No. 10/2003 as amended by S.R. No. 88/2004.
Endnotes
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