The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1992

Amendments to regulation 78 (maximum permitted wheel and axle weights)

7.  Regulation 78 shall be amended as follows—

(a) in item 3, in sub-paragraph (a) of column 2 of the Table,

(i) for the word “if” there shall be substituted the word “where”,

(ii) the word “two” shall be omitted, and

(iii) the words after “closely-spaced axles” to the end of the sub-paragraph shall be omitted;

(b) in paragraph (3), the words “item 4 in the Table in” shall be omitted.

(c) after paragraph (5), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(6) Regulation 75 shall not apply to a two axle bus if—

(a) its laden weight as calculated in accordance with paragraph (5) does not exceed 17,000kg; and

(b) the distance between the two axles is at least 3.0m.”