{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-31.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": "schedule/1/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The total weight of—\n(a) any Category 2 AILV carrying a load; or\n(b) such of the vehicles comprised in a Category 2 AILV-combination as are carrying a load;\nmust be transmitted to the road through 6 or more axles.\n(2) In sub-paragraphs (3) to (5) “load-bearing vehicle” means a vehicle mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b).\n(3) The distance between any two adjacent axles of a load-bearing vehicle must not be less than 1 metre.\n(4) Where the distance between two adjacent axles of a load-bearing vehicle is the distance specified in column 1 of Table 1, the axle weight must not exceed the weight specified in column 2 and the wheel weight must not exceed the weight specified in column 3.\nTable 1\nCategory 2: axles and wheels\nDistance between adjacent axles\nAxle weight\nWheel weight\n(Column 1)\n(Column 2)\n(Column 3)\nLess than 1.35 metres\n12,000 kilograms\n6,000 kilograms\n1.35 metres or more\n12,500 kilograms\n6,250 kilograms\n(5) But where—\n(a) a load-bearing vehicle has axles in two or more groups of axles;\n(b) the distance between the adjacent axles in each group is less than 2 metres; and\n(c) the distance between the adjacent axles in different groups is more than 2 metres;\nthe sum of the weights transmitted to the road surface by all the wheels in any group must not exceed 50,000 kilograms.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 31 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/schedule/1/paragraph/31",
    "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."
}