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. 3 para. 1 coming into force by Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 1999 reg. 1
Sch. 3 para. 2 coming into force by Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 1999 reg. 1
Sch. 3 para. 1(1) words substituted by Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 2002 reg. 7(2)
Sch. 3 para. 3 4 added by Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 2002 reg. 7(3)

For an axle of a description specified in column (2) of an item in Table VI, if the dimension specified in column (3) is of the length specified in column (4), the maximum authorised weight shall be the weight specified in column (5) of the item, if that weight is less than the maximum authorised weight determined in accordance with paragraph 1.

TABLE VI

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Item	Description of axle	Specified dimension	Length (m)	Maximum authorised weight (kg)
1.	Driving tandem axle	Distance between the 2 axles comprised in the tandem axle	Less than 1	11500
2.	Driving tandem axle	Distance between the 2 axles comprised in the tandem axle	Not less than 1 but less than 1.3	16000
3.	Non-driving tandem axle	Distance between the 2 axles comprised in the tandem axle	Less than 1	11000
4.	Non-driving tandem axle	Distance between the 2 axles comprised in the tandem axle	Not less than 1 but less than 1.3	16000
5.	Non-driving tandem axle	Distance between the 2 axles comprised in the tandem axle	Not less than 1.3 but less than 1.8	18000
6.	Triaxle	Distance between any one axle comprised in the triaxle and the nearer of the other 2 axles	1.3 or less	21000

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Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 2 in operation at 20.7.1999, see reg. 1