The Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003

PART 4 E+W+S APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS MADE UNDER SECTION 41 OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1988

Engineering plant treated as falling within Category 1, 2 or 3 E+W+S

24.  Engineering plant, or a vehicle-combination that includes engineering plant, which falls within Category 1, 2 or 3 must comply with— E+W+S

(a) the Construction and Use Regulations;

(b) the Authorised Weight Regulations; and

(c) the Lighting Regulations;

to the same extent as an AILV (or AILV-combination) falling within the same Category must, by virtue of paragraph 35 or 36 of Schedule 1, comply with those Regulations.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 24 in force at 25.8.2003, see art. 1(2)

Slow plant E+W+S

25.—(1) Slow plant must comply with— E+W+S

(a) the Construction and Use Regulations, apart from the provisions of those Regulations specified in Table 11 and, in the case of slow plant to which any of paragraphs 26 to 29 apply, apart from such additional provisions of those Regulations as are specified in the paragraph in question; and

(b) the Lighting Regulations.

(2) But regulation 16 of the Construction and Use Regulations (braking systems) does apply to slow plant that is a wheeled motor vehicle.

Table 11

Slow plant: Construction and Use Regulations that do not apply to any slow plant

Non-applicable Regulations	Subject
7	Length
8	Width
10A to 14	Other provisions as to dimensions and manoeuvrability
15,16	Braking systems
17	Vacuum or pressure brake warning devices
18(1A) to (9)	Maintenance and efficiency of brakes
19	Application of brakes of trailers
20 to 22, 24 to 26	Wheels, springs, tyres and tracks
35 to 36C	Instruments and equipment
39A, 39B	Fuel
49 to 53B	Protective systems
62 to 65	Control of emissions
66 to 74	Plates, markings, testings and inspection
75	Maximum permitted laden weight of vehicle
76 to 80	Other maximum permitted weight limits of vehicle and trailer, other than articulated vehicle
82	Restrictions on use of vehicles carrying wide or long loads

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 3 para. 25 in force at 25.8.2003, see art. 1(2)

26.—(1) This paragraph applies to any slow plant that is a wheeled motor vehicle. E+W+S

(2) Regulation 23 (wheel loads) of the Construction and Use Regulations does not apply to any wheeled motor vehicle that is designed and used solely for the purpose of laying materials for the repair or construction of road surfaces if the weight transmitted to the road surface by any two wheels in line transversely does not exceed 11,180 kilograms.

(3) Regulation 27(1)(f) (tyre tread) of the Construction and Use Regulations does not apply to any wheeled motor vehicle that—

(a) is designed for use in work of construction and repair of road surfaces;

(b) has wheels fitted with pneumatic tyres with smooth treads for such use; and

(c) is incapable by reason of its construction of exceeding a speed of 20 miles per hour on the level under its own power.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 3 para. 26 in force at 25.8.2003, see art. 1(2)

27.—(1) This paragraph applies to any slow plant that is a wheeled trailer. E+W+S

(2) Regulation 27(1)(b) and (f) (tyre inflation level and tyre tread) of the Construction and Use Regulations does not apply to a wheeled trailer that—

(a) is designed for use in work of construction and repair of road surfaces; and

(b) has wheels fitted with pneumatic tyres with smooth treads for such use.

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. 3 para. 27 in force at 25.8.2003, see art. 1(2)

28.—(1) This paragraph applies to any slow plant that is a track-laying motor vehicle. E+W+S

(2) Regulation 28 (tracks) of the Construction and Use Regulations does not apply to a road roller.

(3) The following provisions of the Construction and Use Regulations do not apply to a vehicle which was registered (within the meaning of the Construction and Use Regulations) on or before 31st December 1951—

(a) regulation 31 (glass); and

(b) regulation 34 (windscreen wipers and washers).

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 3 para. 28 in force at 25.8.2003, see art. 1(2)

29.—(1) This paragraph applies to any slow plant that is a track-laying trailer (including a road roller). E+W+S

(2) Regulation 28 (tracks) of the Construction and Use Regulations does not apply.

Commencement Information

I6 Sch. 3 para. 29 in force at 25.8.2003, see art. 1(2)