Environment Protection Regulations 2021
143Noise emissions—passenger vehicles not approved in accordance with ADR 83/00
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143 Noise emissions—passenger vehicles not approved in accordance with ADR 83/00
(1) A person must not use, or permit to be used, on a highway a forward-control passenger vehicle, off‑road passenger vehicle, passenger car or passenger car derivative if that vehicle—
(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the specified noise level for a vehicle that has a date of manufacture set out in column 1 of the following Table is the corresponding noise level specified in column 2 of that Table.
| Column 1<br>Date of manufacture | Column 2<br>Noise level (dB(A)) | | Before 1 November 1983 | 96 | | On or after 1 November 1983 | 90 |