{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/article-62",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/article-62.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/62",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "62",
  "heading": "Longer semi-trailers – notification of operation for monitoring and evaluation purposes",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3), before a longer semi-trailer is first used on a road by an operator, the operator must notify the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph (2) of its intention to use the longer semi-trailer on a road.\n(2) A notification under paragraph (1) must—\n(a) be made by electronic communication, and\n(b) specify—\n(i) the name and address of the operator, and\n(ii) if the operator holds an operator’s licence in respect of the longer semi-trailer under section 2 of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995, the number of that licence.\n(3) A notification by an operator under paragraph (1) is not required where the longer semi-trailer has been in the operator’s lawful possession for less than one month.\n(4) This article ceases to have effect at the end of the period of five years beginning with the date on which this order comes into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 57-63 inserted (31.5.2023) by The Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/524), arts. 1(1), 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1998/article/62",
    "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."
}