{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-goods-by-road-act-1965/schedule/part-1/crossheading-article-1/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-goods-by-road-act-1965/schedule/part-1/crossheading-article-1/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1965/37",
  "legislation_title": "Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-goods-by-road-act-1965",
  "path": "schedule/part/1/crossheading/article-1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of this Convention, “vehicles” means motor vehicles, articulated vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers as defined in article 4 of the Convention on Road Traffic dated 19th September 1949.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "The definitions set out in this article are, so far as material, as follows:— “Motor vehicle” means any self-propelled vehicle normally used for the transport of persons or goods upon a road, other than vehicles running on rails or connected to electric conductors. “Articulated vehicle” means any motor vehicle with a trailer having no front axle and so attached that part of the trailer is superimposed upon the motor vehicle and a substantial part of the weight of the trailer and of its load is borne by the motor vehicle. Such a trailer shall be called a “semi-trailer”. “Trailer” means any vehicle designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/37/schedule/part/1/crossheading/article-1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:42.678732+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}