1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 5th May 1976, shall have effect from 1st January 1976 and may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Ascertainment of Maximum Gross Weights) Regulations 1976.
2.—(1) In these Regulations “the Act of 1972” means the Road Traffic Act 1972 as amended by the Road Traffic (Drivers Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3. For producing, for the purposes of paragraph (d) in the definition of “relevant maximum weight” in section 110 of the Act of 1972, the notional maximum gross weight of a vehicle of a class listed in column (1) of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, the number set against that class in column (2) of that Schedule is hereby prescribed as the number by which the unladen weight of that vehicle is to be multiplied.
4. For producing, for the purposes of paragraph (d) in the definition of “relevant maximum train weight” in section 110 of the Act of 1972, the notional maximum gross weight of an articulated goods vehicle combination of a class listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 to these Regulations, the number set against that class in column (2) of that Schedule is hereby prescribed as the number by which the sum of the unladen weights of the motor vehicle and semi-trailer which form that combination is to be multiplied.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
John Gilbert
Minister for Transport
Department of the Environment
7th April 1976
