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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-ascertainment-of-maximum-gross-weights-regulations-1976/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1976/555",
  "legislation_title": "The Goods Vehicles (Ascertainment of Maximum Gross Weights) Regulations 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-ascertainment-of-maximum-gross-weights-regulations-1976",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Regulations prescribe for the purposes of Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1972 (which relates to the licensing of drivers) the multipliers which are to be used to ascertain, by reference to the unladen weight of the vehicle, the notional maximum gross weights of motor goods vehicles, goods trailers and articulated goods vehicle combinations in cases where the appropriate gross weight or train weight of the vehicle or vehicle combination is not marked on the vehicle itself in accordance with the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1973. By virtue of Section 1(3) of the Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 these Regulations have effect from 1st January 1976.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/555/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:26:46.632345+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."
}