# The Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003, Article 17: Weight: police notification and road and bridge authority notification and indemnity

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In a case falling within paragraph (2), the user of a Part 2 vehicle or Part 2 vehicle-combination must before the start of any journey—
(a) notify in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 9 the authority (within the meaning of that Schedule) for each road or bridge on which the vehicle or vehicle-combination is to be used; and
(b) give to each authority an indemnity in the form specified in Part 2 of that Schedule.
(2) A case falls within this paragraph where—
(a) the total weight of the Part 2 vehicle or Part 2 vehicle-combination (whether it is unladen or wholly or partly laden) exceeds 44,000 kilograms; or
(b) the vehicle or vehicle-combination does not comply in all respects with—
(i) the requirements of Schedule 3 to the Authorised Weight Regulations (axle weights); or
(ii) if that Schedule does not apply to it, the equivalent provisions of the Construction and Use Regulations.
(3) In a case falling within paragraph (4), the user of the Part 2 vehicle or Part 2 vehicle-combination must—
(a) before the start of any journey, notify in accordance with Schedule 5 the chief officer of police for each area in which the vehicle or vehicle-combination is to be used; and
(b) ensure that the vehicle is used in accordance with the requirements of that Schedule.
(4) A case falls within this paragraph if the total weight of the Part 2 vehicle or Part 2 vehicle-combination (whether it is unladen or wholly or partly laden) exceeds 80,000 kilograms.
(5) Paragraphs (1) and (3) apply cumulatively.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1998/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/article-17
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