{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1988/section-141A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1988/section-141A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/52",
  "legislation_title": "Road Traffic Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1988",
  "path": "section/141A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "141A",
  "heading": "Meaning of “motor car\".",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding section 185(1) of this Act, in this Part of this Act “motor car\" means a motor vehicle (other than an invalid carriage or motor cycle)—\n(a) which is not constructed or adapted to carry more than nine persons inclusive of the driver, and\n(b) which has a maximum gross weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes.\n(2) In subsection (1) above “maximum gross weight\" has the same meaning as in Part III of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 141A inserted (23.7.1996 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/1974, reg. 2 Sch. 1 para. 29"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 141A excluded (23.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 8(1)(b)(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2006/49",
      "affecting_title": "Road Safety Act 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2006/49",
      "affecting_title": "Road Safety Act 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/section/141A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:34.565959+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."
}