8.—(1) Regulation 13A shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (4)—
(a)after the words “so that,” there shall be inserted “both with and without all its wheels in contact with the surface of the road and”; and
(b)for the words “paragraph (i)(a) to (m) in the definition of “overall width”” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (a) to (m) in the definition of “overall width” and in paragraph (i)(a) to (o) in the definition of “overall length””.
(3) After paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—
“(5) In relation to a vehicle manufactured before 1st June 1998 paragraph (4) shall have effect as if the words “both with and without all its wheels in contact with the surface of the road and” were omitted.
(6) An articulated vehicle shall be taken to comply with paragraph (4) if the semi-trailer comprised in it is, by virtue of paragraph 7.6.1.2 of Annex 1 of Community Directive 97/27/EC, deemed to comply with paragraph 7.6.1 of that Annex.”