{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-13/part-VI",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-13/part-VI.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/VI",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "VI",
  "heading": "Vehicles with two closely-spaced axles",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nItem\nDescription of vehicle\nMaximum permitted weight of the two closely-spaced axles (kg)\n1.\nA motor vehicle or trailer in which (in either case) the distance between the two closely-spaced axles is less than 1.3m\n16,000\n2.\nA vehicle being—\n(a) a motor vehicle in which the distance between the two closely-spaced axles is at least 1.3m, or\n(b) a trailer in which that distance is at least 1.3m and less than 1.5m,\nnot being a vehicle described in item 3 or 4\n18,000\n3.\nA motor vehicle in which the distance between the two closely-spaced axles is at least 1.3m and—\n(a) every driving axle not being a steering axle is fitted with twin tyres; and\n(b) either every driving axle is fitted with road friendly suspension or neither of the two closely-spaced axles has an axle weight exceeding 9,500 kg\n19,000\n4.\nA trailer in which—\n(a) the two closely-spaced axles are driven from the motor vehicle drawing the trailer and are fitted with twin tyres; and\n(b) either those axles are fitted with road friendly suspension or neither of them has an axle weight exceeding 9,500 kg\n19,000\n5.\nA trailer in which the distance between the two closely-spaced axles is at least 1.5m and less than 1.8 m\n19,320\n6.\nA trailer in which the distance between the two closely-spaced axles is at least 1.8m\n20,000",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/454/schedule/13/part/VI",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:17:32.000361+00:00"
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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."
}