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
I1Sch. 3 para. 24 in force at 25.8.2003, see art. 1(2)
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.
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
I2Sch. 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
I3Sch. 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
I4Sch. 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
I5Sch. 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
I6Sch. 3 para. 29 in force at 25.8.2003, see art. 1(2)