{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-authorised-weight-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-authorised-weight-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-3/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/258",
  "legislation_title": "Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-authorised-weight-regulations-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Weight not to be exceeded in any circumstances",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph 2, the maximum authorised weight for an axle of a description specified in column (2) of an item in Table V shall be the weight specified in column (3) of the item.\nTable V\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nItem\nDescription of axle\nMaximum authorised weight (kg)\n1.\nSingle driving axle\n11500\n2.\nSingle non-driving axle\n10000\n3.\nDriving tandem axle which meets either of the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (2)\n19000\n4.\nDriving tandem axle not falling within item 3\n18000\n5.\nNon-driving tandem axle\n20000\n6.\nTriaxle\n24000\n(2) The conditions referred to in item 3 of Table V are that—\n(a) the driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and road friendly suspension; or\n(b) each driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and no axle has an axle weight exceeding 9500 kg.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 1 in operation at 20.7.1999, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1999/258",
      "affecting_title": "Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1999/258",
      "affecting_title": "Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2002/8",
      "affecting_title": "Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "nisr/2002/8",
      "affecting_title": "Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/258/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:19:17.747294+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."
}