Environmental Quality (Control of Emission from Diesel Engines) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, PU (A) 488/2000

Environmental Quality (Control of Emission From Diesel Engines) (Amendment) REGULATIONS 2000 PU(A) 488/2000 1. Citation and commencement. (1) These regulations may be cited as the Environmental Quality (Control of Emission From Diesel Engines) (Amendment) Regulations 2000. (2) These Regulations come into operation on 28 December 2000. 2. Amendment of regulation 2. The Environmental Quality (Control of Emission From Diesel Engines) Regulations 1996 [P. U. (A) 429/96], which in these Regulations are referred to as the "principal Regulations", is amended in regulation 2 by substituting for the definition of "smoke meter" the following definition: '"smoke meter" means a device constructed to receive a volume of exhaust gas from a motor vehicle within specified pressure and temperature ranges (a) to measure the density or opacity of its smoke content from 0 to 100 Hartridge smoke units ("HSU") or in other equivalent smoke units or in percentages ("%") or other units; or (b) to measure the complete range of density or opacity of its smoke content in Absolute Units of Light Absorption from clear to total darkness or in other equivalent light absorption units or in percentages ("%") or other units. '. 3. Amendment of regulation 11. Regulation 11 of the principal Regulations is amended in sub regulation (1) by substituting for the words "equivalent smoke units" the words "other equivalent smoke units or in percentages ("%") or other units". 4. Amendment of regulation 12. Regulation 12 of the principal Regulations is amended (a) in paragraph (1) (a) , by substituting for the words "equivalent smoke units; and" the words "other equivalent smoke units or in percentages ("%") or other units; or"; and (b) in sub regulation (2) , by substituting for the words "60 HSU or equivalent smoke units" the words "50 HSU or other equivalent smoke units or in percentages ("%") or other units". 5. Amendment of Sixth Schedule. The Sixth Schedule of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words "HSU" wherever they appear. 6. Amendment of Seventh Schedule. The Seventh Schedule of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words "HSU" wherever they appear.