# The Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) Regulations 2003, Regulation 7: Criteria for determining design weights


(1) Subject to paragraph (2) where an application is made pursuant to regulation 5 the Secretary of State shall determine the axle weight and the gross weight which in his opinion should not be exceeded in respect of the vehicle in accordance with the criteria specified in paragraph (3) and these weights shall be the design weights for the purposes of section 54(2) of the 1988 Act.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any vehicle in respect of which an application is made under regulation 5 for the issue of a Minister’s approval certificate under section 58(4) of the 1988 Act.
(3) The criteria referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—
(a) the design of the vehicle, its construction and equipment and the stresses to which it is likely to be subject when used on a road;
(b) any information which is available about the weight which a vehicle of that type was designed by the manufacturer to carry when used on a road; and
(c) any information obtained from an examination of a vehicle of that type or a similar type with a view to ascertaining whether at the time of the examination, it complied with any requirement prescribed under section 54 of the 1988 Act and applicable to it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1959/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-etc-single-vehicle-approval-regulations-2003/regulation-7
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