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[F213A—(1) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be able to move on either lock so that, both with and without all its wheels in contact with the surface of the road and disregarding the things set out in paragraphs (a) to (m) in the definition of “overall width” and in paragraph (i)(a) to (o) in the definition of “overall length” in the Table in regulation 3, no part of it projects outside the area contained between concentric circles with radii of 12.5m and 5.3m.
(2) This regulation applies to all articulated vehicles except the following:
(a)an articulated vehicle, the semi-trailer of which—
(i)was manufactured before 1st April 1990 and has an overall length that does not exceed the overall length it had on that date,
(ii)is a car transporter,
(iii)is a low loader,
(iv)is a stepframe low loader, or
(v)is constructed and normally used for the conveyance of indivisible loads of exceptional length;
(b)an articulated vehicle having an overall length not exceeding 15.5m and of which the drawing vehicle was first used before 1st June 1998 or the trailer was first used before that date; or
(c)an articulated vehicle when an axle of the trailer is raised to aid traction.
(3) In relation to a vehicle manufactured before 1st June 1998, paragraph (1) shall have effect as if the words “both with and without all its wheels in contact with the surface of the road and” were omitted.
(4) An articulated vehicle shall be taken to comply with paragraph (1) if the semi-trailer comprised in it is, by virture of paragraph 7.6.1.2 of Annex 1 of Community Directive 97/27/EC, deemed to comply with paragraph 7.6.1 of that Annex.]]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 13A, 13B inserted (19.3.1990) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/317), regs. 1, 5(2) (with reg. 2(a))
F2Reg. 13A substituted (1.1.2001) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/3197), regs. 1, 3
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