The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

Amendments to regulations 19 and 20 (examination for plating)

4.  Regulation 19 shall be re–numbered as paragraph (1) of that regulation and in sub– paragraph (b) of that paragraph as so re–numbered, after the word “Regulations” there shall be inserted the words “(ignoring Schedule 11A to those Regulations)” and after that paragraph as so re–numbered there shall be inserted–

“(2) Where–

(a) a plated weight relating to train weight determined under paragraph (1) is less than the equivalent weight shown as a design weight in the standard lists, and

(b) the vehicle is capable of being lawfully used on a road in Great Britain by virtue of the Construction and Use Regulations(1) (having regard to Schedule 11A to those Regulatons) at a higher train weight than the weight so determined,

there shall be determined as a plated weight relating to train weight applicable only to combined transport operations the equivalent weight so shown:

• Provided that if any such equivalent weight exceeds the maximum weight at which the vehicle can be used on a road in Great Britain by virtue of the Construction and Use Regulations (having regard to Schedule 11A to those Regulations), then such equivalent weight shall be reduced to that maximum weight.

(3) In this regulation, a reference to use on a road is a reference to use on a road other than for international transport.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation, the Construction and Use Regulations shall have effect as if regulation 80 were omitted.”.

(1)

“Construction and Use Regulations” is defined in regulation 3(1) of the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988 as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1078). Relevant amendments to the 1986 Regulations were made by S.I. 1987/676 and S.I. 1994/329.