Marking of weights on certain vehiclesE+W+S
71.—(1) This regulation applies to a vehicle (other than an agricultural motor vehicle which is either a track-laying vehicle not exceeding 3050 kg in unladen weight or a wheeled vehicle) which is—
(a)a locomotive;
(b)a motor tractor;
(c)[F1a bus] which is registered under the 1971 Act (or any enactment repealed thereby) F2...; or
(d)an unbraked wheeled trailer, other than one mentioned in [F3regulation 16(3)(b), (bb), (bc), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g)].
(2) There shall be plainly marked in a conspicuous place on the outside of a vehicle to which this regulation applies, on its near side—
(a)if it is a vehicle falling in paragraph (1)(a), (b), or (c), its unladen weight; and
(b)if it is a vehicle falling in paragraph (1)(d), its maximum gross weight.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 71(1)(c) substituted (24.3.1994) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/329), regs. 1, 6
F2Words in reg. 71(1)(c) omitted (24.3.1994) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/329), regs. 1, 6
F3Words in reg. 71(1)(d) substituted (1.1.1997) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/3033), regs. 1, 6
Commencement Information