Amendments to regulation 9 (height)4
1
Regulation 9 shall be amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (2)(b), for “32,520kg” there shall be substituted “35,000kg”.
3
After paragraph (2), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
2A
Save as provided by paragraph (3), no person shall use or cause or permit to be used on a road a motor vehicle drawing a trailer (other than a semi– trailer) if—
a
any part of the structure of any of the vehicles in the combination is more than 4.2m from the ground when the vehicles are on level ground; and
b
the total laden weight of the vehicles in the combination exceeds 35,000kg.
4
In paragraph (3) for the words “paragraph (2)” in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (2) and (2A)”.