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The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) Order 2024

28 February 2025
Amends/Commences: The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023

Comes into force: 1st January 2025

Jurisdiction: UK

Summary
The Vehicle Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2023 is extended to include Northern Ireland. This order provides a series of trading schemes intended to limit greenhouse gas emissions from cars and vans.

Additional changes include removing the range condition for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles from the zero-emission definition, eliminating the cap on credits for Special Purpose Vehicles, imposing financial penalties for false or misleading information, and waiving the need for low-volume manufacturers to submit both hard and electronic copies of applications.


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