# The Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003, Article 6: Interpretation: forward or rearward projections of loads and their measurement

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In this Order “forward projection”, in relation to a load carried on a vehicle, means—
(a) where the weight of the load is carried on a single vehicle, that part of the load that extends beyond the foremost point of the vehicle;
(b) where the weight of the load is carried on more than one vehicle, that part of the load that extends beyond the foremost point of the foremost vehicle on which the load is carried.
(2) In this Order “rearward projection”, in relation to a load carried on a vehicle, means—
(a) where the weight of the load is carried on a single vehicle, that part of the load that extends beyond the rearmost point of the vehicle;
(b) where the weight of the load is carried on more than one vehicle, that part of the load that extends beyond the rearmost point of the rearmost vehicle on which the load is carried.
(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), where a crane or other special appliance or apparatus is fitted to a vehicle so as to constitute a permanent (or essentially permanent) feature of it—
(a) any part of that crane, appliance or apparatus that extends forwards beyond the foremost point of the vehicle (or, as the case may be, beyond the foremost point of the foremost vehicle by which its weight is carried) is to be treated as a forward projection; and
(b) any part of that crane, appliance or apparatus that extends rearwards beyond the rearmost point of the vehicle (or, as the case may be, beyond the rearmost point of the rearmost vehicle by which its weight is carried) is to be treated as a rearward projection.
(4) In determining the foremost or rearmost point of a vehicle, any part of a crane or other special appliance or apparatus is to be disregarded.
(5) For the purposes of this Order, the length of any forward projection or rearward projection is to be measured between transverse planes passing—
(a) in the case of a forward projection, through the foremost point of the vehicle and that part of the projection furthest from that point;
(b) in the case of a rearward projection, through the rearmost point of the vehicle and that part of the projection furthest from that point.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1998/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/article-6
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