Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 79.djvu/1033

 79 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 89-272-OCT. 20, 1965

as complete systems or incorporate other devices to preveiit or control such pollution. "(b) Any regulations initially prescribed under this section, and amendments thereto, with respect to any class of new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines shall become effective on the effective date specified in the order promulgating such regulations which date shall be determhied by the Secretary after consideration of the period reasonably ne<'e.ssary for industry compliance.

993

Effective date.

"SEC. 203. (a) The following acts and the causing thereof are

prohibited— "(1) in the case of a manufacturer of new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines for distribution in conmierce, the manufacture for sale, the sale, or the offering for sale, or the introduction or delivery for introduction into commerce, or the importation into the United States for sale or resale, of any new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine, manufactured after the effective date of regulations under this title which are applicable to such vehicle or engine unless it is in conformity with regulations prescribed under section 202 (except as provided in subsection (b)); "(2) for any person to fail or refuse to permit access to or copying of records or to fail to make reports or provide information, required under section 207; or " (3) for any person to remove or render inoperative any device or element of design installed on or in a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine in compliance with regulations under this title prior to its sale and delivery to the ultimate purchaser. " (b)(1) The Secretary may exempt any new motor vehicle or new ^^^^^^^''°'^ motor vehicle engine, or class thereof, from subsection (a), upon such terms and conditions as he may find necessary to protect the public health or welfare, for the purpose of research, investigations, studies, demonstrations, or training, or for reasons of national security. "(2) A new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine offered for ^eh'{'^,°/s^*^°" °^ importation by a manufacturer in violation of subsection (a) shall be refused admission into the United States, but the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may, by joint regulation, provide for deferring final determination as to admission and authorizing the delivery of such a motor vehicle or engine offered for import to the owner or consignee thereof upon such terms and conditions (including the furnishing of a bond) as may appear to them appropriate to insure that any such motor vehicle or engme will be brought into conformity with the standards, requirements, and limitations applicable to it under this title. The Secretary of the Treasury shall, if a motor vehicle or engine is finally refused admission under this paragraph, cause disposition thereof in accordance with the customs laws unless it is exported, under regulations prescribed by such Secretary, within ninety days of the date of notice of such refusal or such additional time as may be permitted pursuant to such regulations, except that disposition in accordance with the customs laws may not be made in such manner as may result, directly or indirectly, in the sale, to the ultimate consumer, of a new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine that fails to comply with applicable standards of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under this title. "(3) A new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine intended h-?iTs^"°" °^ solely for export, and so labeled or tagged on the outside of the container and on the vehicle or, engine itself, shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (a).

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