Paragraph 2 Weight by reference to axle spacingI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 2 para. 1(1) words substituted by Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 2025 reg. 2(6)(a)
Sch. 2 para. 1A 1B inserted by Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 2025 reg. 2(6)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 1 coming into force by Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 1999 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 2 coming into force by Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 1999 reg. 1
Sch. 2 Table 3 item 13 14 added by Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 2002 reg. 6(2)
Sch. 2 para. 1(2) words substituted by Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 2002 reg. 6(3)
Sch. 2 para. 1(4) words substituted by Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 2002 reg. 6(4)
Sch. 2 para. 1(5) added by Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 2002 reg. 6(5)

For a vehicle combination of a description specified in column (2) in Table IV and having the number of axles specified in column (3), the maximum authorised weight in kilograms shall be the product of the distance measured in metres between the king-pin and the centre of the rearmost axle of the semi-trailer multiplied by the factor specified in column (4) and rounded up to the nearest 10 kg, if that weight is less than the authorised weight determined in accordance with paragraph 1.

TABLE IV

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Item	Description of vehicle combination	Number of axles	Factor to determine maximum authorised weight
1.	Articulated vehicle	3 or more	5500

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 2 in operation at 20.7.1999, see reg. 1