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Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995
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Section 2.
SCHEDULE 1E+W+S Meaning of “small goods vehicle”
F11E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F1Sch. 1 para. 1 omitted (4.12.2011) by virtue of The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 19(2) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)
[F21A.E+W+SA goods vehicle falls within this paragraph if the vehicle, or a vehicle combination including the vehicle, has a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes]
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F2Sch. 1 para. 1A inserted (4.12.2011) by The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 19(3) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)
2E+W+SA goods vehicle falls within this paragraph if it does not form part of a vehicle combination and—
(a)has a relevant plated weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes, or
(b)if it does not have a relevant plated weight, has an unladen weight not exceeding 1525 kilograms.
3(1)A goods vehicle falls within this paragraph if it forms part of a vehicle combination, other than an articulated combination, and the combination is such that—E+W+S
(a)in a case where all the vehicles comprised in it, or all of those vehicles except any small trailer, have relevant plated weights, the aggregate of the relevant plated weights of those vehicles, exclusive of any such trailer, does not exceed 3.5 tonnes, or
(b)in any other case, the aggregate of the unladen weights of the vehicles comprised in the combination, exclusive of any small trailer, does not exceed 1525 kilograms.
(2)In this paragraph “small trailer” means a trailer having an unladen weight not exceeding 1020 kilograms.
4E+W+SA goods vehicle falls within this paragraph if it forms part of an articulated combination which is such that—
(a)in a case where the trailer comprised in the combination has a relevant plated weight, the aggregate of—
(i)the unladen weight of the motor vehicle comprised in the combination, and
(ii)the relevant plated weight of that trailer,
does not exceed 3.5 tonnes, or
(b)in any other case, the aggregate of the unladen weights of the motor vehicle and the trailer comprised in the combination does not exceed 1525 kilograms.
5E+W+SIn any provision of paragraphs 2 to 4 “relevant plated weight” means a plated weight of the description specified in relation to that provision by regulations.
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