Section 13 Power to prohibit driving of overloaded vehicles.I1
Section 70 of the M1Road Traffic Act 1988 shall be amended as follows.
In subsection (1)—
after the words “where a goods vehicle” there shall be inserted the words “ , or a motor vehicle adapted to carry more than eight passengers, ”;
for the words “a goods vehicle examiner” there shall be substituted the words “ a vehicle examiner ”;
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 ”.
In subsection (2)—
for “69(2)” there shall be substituted “ 69(6) ”;
after the words “that limit” there shall be inserted the words “ or, as the case may be, so that it is no longer excessive ”.
In subsection (4), for the words “a goods vehicle examiner” there shall be substituted the words “ a vehicle examiner ”.
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Commencement
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S. 13 wholly in force at 1.7.1992 see s. 84 and S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.