Regulations 3(1) and 20
SCHEDULE 1PROVISIONS AS TO BRAKING FORCE OF TRAILERS
1. In this Schedule— the letter “W” represents—
(a)in the case of a trailer so designed that part of the weight of the trailer is imposed on the drawing vehicle, the axle weight, or, as the case may be, the sum of the axle weights which is or are to be determined for the trailer on an examination for plating;
(b)in any other case the gross weight of the trailer which is to be so determined.
2. The minimum braking force capable of being developed by the brakes of a trailer manufactured before 1st January 1968 should in the case of—
(a)a trailer, not being a semi-trailer, be 0.4 W;
(b)a semi-trailer for which a gross weight of 6100 kilograms or more is to be determined for the vehicle on an examination for plating, be 0.35 W;
(c)a semi-trailer for which a gross weight of less than 6100 kilograms is to be so determined, be 0.32 W.
3. The minimum braking force capable of being developed by the brakes of a trailer manufactured on or after 1st January 1968 but before 1st October 1982 should in the case of—
(a)a trailer, not being a semi-trailer, be 0.5 W;
(b)a semi-trailer, be 0.4 W.
4. The minimum braking force capable of being developed by the brakes of a trailer manufactured on or after 1st October 1982 should be 0.45 W.