The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1998

Amendment of Schedule 11A (combined transport)

11.—(1) Schedule 11A shall be modified as follows.

(2) After paragraph 2 there shall be inserted–

“2A.  Regulations 75, 76, 77 and 78 do not apply to an articulated vehicle if the requirements set out in Part IIIA of this Schedule are for the time being fulfilled.”

(3) For paragraph 8 there shall be substituted–

“8.—(1) The articulated vehicle must have a total of at least 6 axles.

(2) The laden weight of the articulated vehicle must not exceed the weight determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).

(3) The weight for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) is the number of kilograms equal to the product of the distance measured in metres between the king-pin and the centre of the rearmost axle of the semi-trailer multiplied by 5500 and rounded up to the nearest 10 kg, if that number is less than 44000 kg.”

(4) After Part III there shall be inserted–

“PART IIIAARTICULATED VEHICLES (ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS)

8A.—(1) The requirements of paragraph 6 are fulfilled.

(2) The vehicle is one which falls within the first indent of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of Community Directive 96/53(1) (vehicles used in international traffic or put into circulation in any other Member State) and complies with the limit values specified in paragraph 2.2.2 of Annex I and the other relevant requirements of that Directive.”