{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-13/part-V",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-13/part-V.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/V",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "V",
  "heading": "Maximum permitted laden weight of articulated vehicles",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nItem\nType of articulated vehicle\nMaximum permitted laden weight (kg)\n1.\nMotor vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1973 and semi-trailer having a total of 5 or more axles\n38,000\n2.\nMotor vehicle with 2 axles first used on or after 1st April 1973 and semi-trailer with 2 axles while being used for international transport\n35,000\n3.\nMotor vehicle with axles first used on or after 1st April 1973 in which—\n(a) every driving axle not being a steering axle is fitted with twin tyres; and\n(b) every driving axle is fitted with road friendly suspension;\nand a semi-trailer with 2 axles\n35,000\n4.\nMotor vehicle and semi-trailer having a total of 4 or more axles and not described in items 1, 2 or 3\n32,520\n5.\nMotor vehicle with 2 axles first used on or after 1st April 1973 in which—\n(a) every driving axle not being a steering axle is fitted with twin tyres; and\n(b) every driving axle is fitted with road friendly suspension;\nand a semi-trailer with 1 axle\n26,000\n6.\nMotor vehicle with 2 axles and a semi-trailer with 1 axle being a combination not described in item 5\n25,000",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/454/schedule/13/part/V",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:17:32.000361+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."
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