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(see regulations 75, 77 and 79)
Textual Amendments
1. The maximum permitted laden weight of a two or three axle vehicle to which this Part applies of a description specified in column 2 of Table I below shall, for the purposes of regulation 75, be the weight specified in column 3 of that item.E+W+S
2. In the case of a vehicle to which this Part applies and which is not of a description specified in an item in column 2 of Table I below, the maximum permitted laden weight shall, for the purposes of regulation 75, be the weight specified in column 4 of Table II below in the item which is appropriate having regard to columns 2 and 3 of that Table.E+W+S
(1) | (2) | (3) |
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Item | Description of Vehicle | Maximum permitted laden weight (kg) |
1 | A two axle trailer in which— (a) the two axles are closely spaced, and (b) the distance between the foremost axle of the trailer and the rearmost axle of the drawing vehicle is at least 4.2m | 18,000 |
2 | A three axle trailer in which— (a) the three axles are closely spaced, and (b) the distance between the foremost axle of the trailer and the rearmost axle of the drawing vehicle is at least 4.2m | 24,000 |
3 | A two axle motor vehicle which is a goods vehicle in which the distance between the foremost and rearmost axles is at least 3.0m | 17,000 |
4 | A two axle trailer in which the distance between the foremost axle and the rearmost axle is at least 3.0m | 18,000 |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
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Item | No. of axles | Distance between foremost and rearmost axles (metres) | Maximum permitted laden weight (kg) |
1 | 2 | Less than 2.65 | 14,230 |
2 | 2 | At least 2.65 | 16,260 |
3 | 3 or more | Less than 3.0 | 16,260 |
4 | 3 or more | At least 3.0 but less than 3.2 | 18,290 |
5 | 3 or more | At least 3.2 but less than 3.9 | 20,330 |
6 | 3 or more | At least 3.9 but less than 4.9 | 22,360 |
7 | 3 | At least 4.9 | 25,000 |
8 | 4 or more | At least 4.9 but less than 5.6 | 25,000 |
9 | 4 or more | At least 5.6 but less than 5.9 | 26,420 |
10 | 4 or more | At least 5.9 but less than 6.3 | 28,450 |
11 | 4 or more | At least 6.3 | 30,000] |
Textual Amendments
1. Subject to paragraph 2, the maximum permitted gross weight of a vehicle to which this Part applies shall, for the purposes of regulation 75, be the weight shown in column 4 of the Table below in the item which is appropriate, having regard to columns 2 and 3 in that Table.E+W+S
2. In the case of a vehicle to which this Part applies being a two axle goods vehicle which has a distance between its axles of at least 3.0m, the maximum permitted laden weight for the purposes of regulation 75 shall be 17,000 kg.E+W+S
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
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Item | No. of axles | Distance between foremost and rearmost axles (metres) | Maximum permitted laden weight (kg) |
1 | 2 | Less than 2.65 | 14,230 |
2 | 2 | At least 2.65 | 16,260 |
3 | 3 or more | Less than 3.0 | 16,260 |
4 | 3 or more | At least 3.0 but less than 3.2 | 18,290 |
5 | 3 or more | At least 3.2 but less than 3.9 | 20,330 |
6 | 3 or more | At least 3.9 but less than 4.9 | 22,360 |
7 | 3 or more | At least 4.9 but less than 5.2 | 25,000 |
8 | 3 | At least 5.2 | 26,000 |
9 | 4 or more | At least 5.2 but less than 6.4 | The distance in metres between the foremost and rearmost axles multiplied by 5,000, rounded up to the next 10 kg |
10 | 4 or more | At least 6.4 | 32,000] |
(see regulation 75)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 11 Pt. II in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Item | No. of axles | Distance between foremost and rearmost axles (metres) | Weight not exceeded by any axle not being the foremost or rearmost (kg) | Maximum permitted laden weight (kg) |
1 | 2 | At least 2.0 | — | 14,230 |
2 | 2 | At least 2.4 | — | 16,260 |
3 | 2 | At least 2.7 | — | 17,000 F3... |
4 | 3 or more | At least 3.0 | 8,390 | 20,330 |
5 | 3 or more | At least 3.8 | 8,640 | 22,360 |
6 | 3 or more | At least 4.0 | 10,500 | 22,500 |
7 | 3 or more | At least 4.3 | 9,150 | 24,390 |
8 | 3 or more | At least 4.9 | 10,500 | 24,390 |
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Sch. 11 Pt. II omitted (1.4.1988) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/676), regs. 1(2), 13(2)(b)
(see regulation 77)
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 11 Pt. III in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1
1 | 2 | 3 | F4... | |
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Item | Relevant axle spacing (metres) | Maximum weight (kg) | ||
(a) Where motor vehicle has 2 axles | (b) Where motor vehicle has more than 2 axles | |||
1 | At least 2.0 | At least 2.0 | 20,330 | |
2 | At least 2.2 | At least 2.2 | 22,360 | |
3 | At least 2.6 | At least 2.6 | 23,370 | |
4 | At least 2.9 | At least 2.9 | 24,390 | |
5 | At least 3.2 | At least 3.2 | 25,410 | |
6 | At least 3.5 | At least 3.5 | 26,420 | |
7 | At least 3.8 | At least 3.8 | 27,440 | |
8 | At least 4.1 | At least 4.1 | 28,450 | |
9 | At least 4.4 | At least 4.4 | 29,470 | |
10 | At least 4.7 | At least 4.7 | 30,490 | |
11 | At least 5.0 | At least 5.0 | 31,500 | |
12 | At least 5.3 | At least 5.3 | 32,520 | |
13 | At least 5.5 | At least 5.4 | 33,000 | |
14 | At least 5.8 | At least 5.6 | 34,000 | |
15 | At least 6.2 | At least 5.8 | 35,000 | |
16 | At least 6.5 | At least 6.0 | 36,000 | |
17 | At least 6.7 | At least 6.2 | 37,000 | |
18 | At least 6.9 | At least 6.3 | 38,000 |
Textual Amendments
F4Words in Sch. 11 Pt. III omitted (24.3.1994) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/329), regs. 1, 11(2)
Textual Amendments
(1) | (2) | (3) |
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Item | Type of articulated vehicle | Maximum permitted weight (kg) |
1 | Motor vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1973 and semi-trailer having a total of 5 or more axles | 38,000 |
2 | Motor vehicle with 2 axles first used on or after 1st April 1973 and semi-trailer with 2 axles while being used for international transport | 35,000 |
3 | Motor vehicle with 2 axles first used on or after 1st April 1973 in which— (a) every driving axle not being a steering axle is fitted with twin tyres; and (b) every driving axle is fitted with road friendly suspension; and a semi-trailer with 2 axles | 35,000 |
4 | [F6Motor vehicle and semi–trailer having a total of 4 or more axles and not described in item 1, 2 or 3.] | 32,520 |
5 | Motor vehicle with 2 axles first used on or after 1st April 1973 in which— (a) every driving axle not being a steering axle is fitted with twin tyres; and (b) every driving axle is fitted with road friendly suspension; and a semi-trailer with 1 axle | 26,000 |
6 | Motor vehicle with 2 axles and a semi-trailer with 1 axle being a combination not described in item 5 | 25,000] |
Textual Amendments
F6Words in Sch. 11 Pt. IV substituted (24.3.1994) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/329), regs. 1, 11(3)
Textual Amendments
(1) | (2) | (3) |
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Item | Description of vehicle | Maximum permitted weight of the two closely spaced axles (kg) |
1 | A motor vehicle or trailer in which (in either case) the distance between the two closely-spaced axles is less than 1.3 metres | 16,000 |
2 | A vehicle being— (a) a motor vehicle in which the distance between the two closely-spaced axles is at least 1.3m, or (b) a trailer in which that distance is at least 1.3m and less than 1.5m, not being a vehicle described in item 3 or 4 | 18,000 |
3 | A motor vehicle in which the distance between the two closely-spaced axles is at least 1.3m and— (a) every driving axle not being a steering axle is fitted with twin tyres; and (b) either every driving axle is fitted with road friendly suspension or neither of the two closely-spaced axles has an axle weight exceeding 9,500 kg | 19,000 |
4 | A trailer in which— (a) the two closely-spaced axles are driven from the motor vehicle drawing the trailer and are fitted with twin tyres; and (b) either those axles are fitted with road friendly suspension or neither of them has an axle weight exceeding 9,500 kg | 19,000 |
5 | A trailer in which the distance between the two closely-spaced axles is at least 1.5m and less than 1.8m | 19,320 |
6 | A trailer in which the distance between the two closely-spaced axles is at least 1.8m | 20,000] |
Textual Amendments
(1) | (2) | (3) |
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Item | Description of vehicle | Maximum permitted weight of the three closely-spaced axles (kg) |
1 | A vehicle in which the smallest distance between any two of the three closely-spaced axles is less than 1.3m | 21,000 |
2 | A vehicle in which the smallest distance between any two of the three closely-spaced axles is at least 1.3m and at least one of those axles does not have air suspension | 22,500 |
3 | A vehicle in which the smallest distance between any two of the three closely-spaced axles is at least 1.3m and all three axles are fitted with air suspension | 24,000] |
(see regulation 79(4))
Textual Amendments
F9Sch. 11 Pt. 7 omitted (1.1.1993) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2016), regs. 1, 10(f)
F9...
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