{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-roads-authorities-traffic-orders-procedure-scotland-regulations-1987/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-roads-authorities-traffic-orders-procedure-scotland-regulations-1987/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2245",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Roads Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-roads-authorities-traffic-orders-procedure-scotland-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Special provisions for certain variation orders",
  "text": "(1) Regulations 4(1)(a) and (c), 5 and 6 shall not apply—\n(a) to an order the sole effect of which is to vary an order under section 1, 9, 35, 45 or 46 of the Act so as to include in the order being varied an exemption in respect of a disabled person’s vehicle of the same kind as is mentioned in regulation 4 of the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemption for Disabled Persons) (Scotland) Regulations 1971 or a provision conferring on a traffic warden functions similar to those conferred by the order on a police constable in uniform, or both such exemption and such provision;\n(b) to an order the sole effect of which is to vary an order made under section 1 or 9 of the Act so as to substitute for a prohibition or restriction on the use of vehicles the weight of which (however described) exceeds a weight expressed in imperial units an identical prohibition or restriction on the use of vehicles the weight of which exceeds the metric weight equivalent to that weight; or\n(c) to an order the sole effect of which is to vary an order made under section 1 or 9 of the Act so as to substitute for a prohibition or restriction on the use of vehicles the weight of which exceeds a specified unladen weight an identical prohibition or restriction on the use of vehicles the weight of which exceeds the corresponding maximum gross weight.\n(2) For the purpose of this regulation a metric weight is equivalent to any weight expressed in imperial units where it is the metric equivalent of that weight (calculated by reference to the approximate values shown in Part I of Schedule 3 to the Units of Measurement Regulations 1980 but expressed in tonnes either to the nearest tonne or to the nearest 0.5 tonne.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“the corresponding maximum gross weight” means the maximum gross weight expressed in metric units specified in Column 2 of Schedule 5 opposite the corresponding specified unladen weight;\n“maximum gross weight” has the same meaning as in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1981; and “specified unladen weight” means one of the weights specified in Column 1 of Schedule 5 expressed in imperial units or the metric weight equivalent to any of those weights.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1980/1070"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/859"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2245/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:14:01.516109+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."
}