139Vehicle exhaust emissions—diesel engine vehicles manufactured before 1 January 1996

139 Vehicle exhaust emissions—diesel engine vehicles manufactured before 1 January 1996

(1) A person must not sell or supply, or use or permit to be used on a highway, a motor vehicle powered by a diesel engine manufactured before 1 January 1996 that exceeds an emission level specified in subregulation (2).

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), if the motor vehicle has a GVM set out in column 1 of the following Table, the specified emission level is—

(a) in the case of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in exhaust gases, the exhaust gases emitted, or capable of being emitted, are measured at the rate set out in column 2 of the Table that corresponds to the motor vehicle's GVM; and

(b) in the case of particles in exhaust gases, the exhaust gases emitted, or capable of being emitted, are measured at the rate set out in column 3 of the Table that corresponds to the motor vehicle's GVM; and

(c) in the case of exhaust gas opacity averaged over a DT80 test cycle, the exhaust gases emitted, or capable of being emitted, are measured at the rate set out in column 4 of the Table that corresponds to the motor vehicle's GVM.

| Column 1<br>GVM (tonnes) | Column 2<br>Rate of NOx emissions (grams per kilometre per tonne of vehicle test mass) | Column 3<br>Rate of particle emission (grams per kilometre per tonne of vehicle test mass) | Column 4<br>Exhaust gas opacity | | Not greater than 3·5<br>More than 3·5 but less than or equal to 4·5 | 1·5<br> 2·0 | 0·23<br> 0·23 | 25%<br> 25% |

(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2)—

(a) the emission levels set out in columns 2 and 3 of the Table must be measured in accordance with rule 133 of the ALVS Rules; and

(b) the exhaust gas opacity percentage set out in column 4 of the Table must be measured in accordance with rule 133 of the ALVS Rules.