{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/article-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/article-47.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/47",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Straddle carriers: restrictions on use, speed and width",
  "text": "(1) A straddle carrier may only be used—\n(a) for demonstration;\n(b) for delivery on sale;\n(c) for proceeding to, or returning from, a manufacturer or repairer for construction, repair or overhaul; or\n(d) if paragraph (2) applies to it, for proceeding between different parts of the same private premises or between private premises in the immediate neighbourhood.\n(2) This paragraph applies to a straddle carrier—\n(a) that does not comply with regulation 11 of the Construction and Use Regulations (overhang); but\n(b) that does comply with regulations 8 (width) and 22 (springs and resilient material) of those Regulations.\n(3) Nothing in this Order is to be taken to authorise use on roads beyond a radius of three miles drawn around the outermost perimeter of any work site on private premises.\n(4) A straddle carrier must not carry any load.\n(5) But a straddle carrier—\n(a) may carry its own necessary gear and equipment; and\n(b) may be laden in the course of any journey permitted under paragraph (1)(d).\n(6) A straddle carrier must not travel at speeds exceeding 12 miles per hour.\n(7) The overall width of a straddle carrier must not exceed 3 metres.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 47 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/47",
    "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."
}