{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/article-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/article-39.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1998",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003",
  "path": "article/39",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Vehicles for tests, trials or non-UK use etc: requirements as to width",
  "text": "(1) “Width”, in relation to a vehicle falling within any of the recognised categories of special vehicles mentioned in article 36(1), means whichever is the greater of—\n(a) the overall width of the vehicle; and\n(b) the overall width of the vehicle together with the width of any lateral projection or projections of a load carried on it.\n(2) Where the width of a vehicle falling within any of the recognised categories of special vehicles mentioned in article 36(1) exceeds 3 metres, the user of the vehicle must—\n(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 is to be used; and\n(b) ensure that the vehicle is used in accordance with the requirements of that Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 39 in force at 25.8.2003, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1998/article/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T08:03:48.437327+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."
}