Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Vehicles fitted with moveable platforms

17.—(1) The Department authorises the use on roads of a vehicle fitted with a moveable platform notwithstanding that the vehicle does not comply in all respects with the requirements of regulations 6, 7, 10, 18, 21 and 79 of the Construction and Use Regulations subject to the following restrictions and conditions—

(a) all the relevant requirements of the Construction and Use Regulations other than those specified above are complied with;

(b) the vehicle shall not be used on a road unless its special equipment is fully retracted except when the vehicle is at a place where it is being used to facilitate overhead working;

(c) any jacks with which the vehicle is fitted for stabilising it while the moveable platform is in use and which project from the sides of the vehicle shall be clearly visible to persons using the road within a reasonable distance of the vehicle; and

(d) the vehicle, except in respect of its special equipment when the vehicle is at a place where it is being used to facilitate overhead working, shall—

(i) as respects its overall length, comply with regulation 6 of the said Regulations,

(ii) as respects its overall width, comply with regulation 7 of the said Regulations,

(iii) in the case of a vehicle other than a locomotive, as respects its overhang, comply with regulation 10 of the said Regulations.

(2) In this Article—

“moveable platform” means a platform which is attached to, and may be moved by means of an extensible boom, and

“special equipment” means a moveable platform, the apparatus for moving the platform and any jacks fitted to the vehicle for stabilising it while the moveable platform is in use.