Road Traffic Act 1991

13 Power to prohibit driving of overloaded vehicles. E+W+S

(1) Section 70 of the M1 Road Traffic Act 1988 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) after the words “where a goods vehicle” there shall be inserted the words “ , or a motor vehicle adapted to carry more than eight passengers, ”;

(b) for the words “a goods vehicle examiner” there shall be substituted the words “ a vehicle examiner ”;

(c) at the end there shall be added the words “ or that by reason of excessive overall weight or excessive axle weight on any axle driving the vehicle would involve a danger of injury to any person ”.

(3) In subsection (2)—

(a) for “69(2)” there shall be substituted “ 69(6) ”;

(b) after the words “that limit” there shall be inserted the words “ or, as the case may be, so that it is no longer excessive ”.

(4) In subsection (4), for the words “a goods vehicle examiner” there shall be substituted the words “ a vehicle examiner ”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 13 wholly in force at 1.7.1992 see s. 84 and S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.

Marginal Citations

M1 1988 c. 52.