Implementation and Delivery Plan

The ZEV mandate will apply to England, Wales, and Scotland from January 2024. The intent of the Department for Infrastructure (NI) remains that Northern Ireland will join the mandate when the Assembly is able to pass the required legislation. In the interim, Northern Ireland will retain an appropriately scaled version of the existing CO2 emissions regulation for new cars and vans.

As this will be a retrospective scheme, with reporting and trading done in the year after the mandated target year (so in 2025 for 2024 new car and van sales), statutory guidance for manufacturers on the mechanisms in the proposals will be prepared and published in 2024 ahead of this.