# Road Traffic Act 1991, Section 13: Power to prohibit driving of overloaded vehicles.


(1) Section 70 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1)—
(a) after the words “where a goods vehicle” there shall be inserted the words “ , or a motor vehicle adapted to carry more than eight passengers, ”;
(b) for the words “a goods vehicle examiner” there shall be substituted the words “ a vehicle examiner ”;
(c) at the end there shall be added the words “ or that by reason of excessive overall weight or excessive axle weight on any axle driving the vehicle would involve a danger of injury to any person ”.
(3) In subsection (2)—
(a) for “69(2)” there shall be substituted “ 69(6) ”;
(b) after the words “that limit” there shall be inserted the words “ or, as the case may be, so that it is no longer excessive ”.
(4) In subsection (4), for the words “a goods vehicle examiner” there shall be substituted the words “ a vehicle examiner ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/40/section/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1991/section-13
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