{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-13/part-II/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-13/part-II/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/454",
  "legislation_title": "Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "schedule/13/part/II/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the case of a vehicle to which this Part applies being a two axle goods vehicle which has a distance between its axles of at least 3.0m, the maximum permitted laden weight for the purposes of regulation 87 shall be 17,000 kg.\nTABLE\nMaximum Permitted Laden Weight\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\nItem\nNo. of axles\nDistance between foremost and rearmost axles (metres)\nMaximum permitted laden weight (kg)\n1.\n2\nLess than 2.65\n14,230\n2.\n2\nAt least 2.65\n16,260\n3.\n3 or more\nLess than 3.0\n16,260\n4.\n3 or more\nAt least 3.0 but less than 3.2\n18,290\n5.\n3 or more\nAt least 3.2 but less than 3.9\n20,330\n6.\n3 or more\nAt least 3.9 but less than 4.9\n22,360\n7.\n3 or more\nAt least 4.9 but less than 5.2\n25,000\n8.\n3\nAt least 5.2\n26,000\n9.\n4 or more\nAt least 5.2 but less than 6.4\nThe distance in metres between the foremost and rearmost axles multiplied by 5,000 rounded up to the next 10 kg\n10.\n4 or more\nAt least 6.4\n32,000",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/454/schedule/13/part/II/paragraph/2",
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  "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."
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