Environment Protection Regulations 2021
144Noise emissions—goods vehicles and buses not approved in accordance with ADR 83/00
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144 Noise emissions—goods vehicles and buses not approved in accordance with ADR 83/00
(1) A person must not use, or permit to be used, on a highway a goods vehicle propelled by a spark ignition engine or a bus propelled by a spark ignition engine if that vehicle or bus—
(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, a GVM set out in column 2 of that Table and an exhaust height set out in column 3 of that Table, is the corresponding noise level specified in column 4 of that Table.
| Column 1<br>Date of manufacture | Column 2<br>GVM (tonnes) | Column 3<br>Exhaust height (millimetres) | Column 4<br>Noise level (dB(A)) | | Before 1 July 1983 | ≤ 3·5 | < 1500 | 92 | | Before 1 July 1983 | > 3·5 and ≤ 4·5 | < 1500 | 98 | | Before 1 July 1983 | ≤ 3·5 | ≥ 1500 | 88 | | Before 1 July 1983 | > 3·5 and ≤ 4·5 | ≥ 1500 | 94 | | On or after 1 July 1983 | ≤ 3·5 | < 1500 | 89 | | On or after 1 July 1983 | > 3·5 and ≤ 4·5 | < 1500 | 95 | | On or after 1 July 1983 | ≤ 3·5 | ≥ 1500 | 85 | | On or after 1 July 1983 | > 3·5 and ≤ 4·5 | ≥ 1500 | 91 |
(3) A person must not use, or permit to be used, on a highway a goods vehicle propelled by a diesel engine or a bus propelled by a diesel engine if that vehicle or bus—
(b) emits, or is capable of emitting, noise exceeding the noise level specified in subregulation (4).
(4) For the purposes of subregulation (3), the specified noise level for a vehicle that has a date of manufacture set out in column 1 of the following Table, a GVM set out in column 2 of that Table and an exhaust height set out in column 3 of that Table, is the corresponding noise level specified in column 4 of that Table.
| Column 1<br>Date of manufacture | Column 2<br>GVM (tonnes) | Column 3<br>Exhaust height (millimetres) | Column 4<br>Noise level (dB(A)) | | Before 1 July 1980 | ≤ 3·5 | < 1500 | 105 | | Before 1 July 1980 | > 3·5 and ≤ 4·5 | < 1500 | 107 | | Before 1 July 1980 | ≤ 3·5 | ≥ 1500 | 101 | | Before 1 July 1980 | > 3·5 and ≤ 4·5 | ≥ 1500 | 103 | | On or after 1 July 1980 and before 1 July 1983 | ≤ 3·5 | < 1500 | 102 | | On or after 1 July 1980 and before 1 July 1983 | > 3·5 and ≤ 4·5 | < 1500 | 104 | | On or after 1 July 1980 and before 1 July 1983 | ≤ 3·5 | ≥ 1500 | 98 | | On or after 1 July 1980 and before 1 July 1983 | > 3·5 and ≤ 4·5 | ≥ 1500 | 100 | | On or after 1 July 1983 | ≤ 3·5 | < 1500 | 99 | | On or after 1 July 1983 | > 3·5 and ≤ 4·5 | < 1500 | 101 | | On or after 1 July 1983 | ≤ 3·5 | ≥ 1500 | 95 | | On or after 1 July 1983 | > 3·5 and ≤ 4·5 | ≥ 1500 | 97 |