Regulation 5 Amendment to regulation 5 (saving for regulation 78 of the 1989 Regulations (over-riding weight restrictions))

For regulation 5 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following—

“Compliance with regulation 93 of the 1999 Regulations (over-riding weight restrictions)

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(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), nothing in these Regulations shall prejudice or affect regulation 93 of the 1999 Regulations and a person using or permitting a vehicle to be used contrary to the provisions of that regulation commits an offence even if the weights authorised by these Regulations are not exceeded.

(2)

Regulation 93 of the 1999 Regulations shall not be contravened when a vehicle to which paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 applies is operated in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph.”.