If your vehicle is found to be exceeding
the limits, you will be issued with a
prohibition notice stopping you from
using it.
If your vehicle is found to be seriously in
breach of the legal emissions limits the
prohibition will generally be delayed to
give you time to have the vehicle repaired
and brought back within the legal limits.
If other defects are also found which make
your vehicle dangerous for further use then
you will not be allowed to continue with
your journey until the vehicle is made safe.
In either case, you will have to have the
prohibition cleared within 14 days or you
will be liable to prosecution. The prohibition
notice will explain what you must do to
have it cleared.
Where vehicles are found to be very
seriously in breach of the emission limits,
or you have neglected maintenance, you
are likely to be prosecuted as well as
being required to put the faults right.
phew, thank goodness mine is over 3 times the limit so I should fall under paragraph 2,,,lol :D
edit ....oh bugger paragraph 5 could also affect me