(1)Section 70 of the M1Road 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
I1S. 13 wholly in force at 1.7.1992 see s. 84 and S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.
Marginal Citations