{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-17.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/2/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this paragraph “qualified person” means—\n(a) the manufacturer of the vehicle (or a person duly authorised on his behalf);\n(b) a person carrying on business as a manufacturer of motor vehicles or trailers (or a person duly authorised on his behalf); or\n(c) a person authorised under this sub-paragraph by the Secretary of State.\n(2) No person may make any alteration to a mobile crane with a view to making it fit for use at any weight exceeding the weights stated on a plate fitted to it as mentioned in paragraph 15 or 16 unless he is a qualified person.\n(3) Where such an alteration is made—\n(a) the existing plate must be updated to show, for each description of maximum weight referred to in paragraph 15(2)(a) or (b), the new maximum at or below which the qualified person considers that the mobile crane will then be fit for use; or\n(b) an additional plate must be added showing such new maximum weights.\n(4) The following details must also be shown on the plate that shows the new weights—\n(a) the name of the qualified person;\n(b) an indication that he is the person responsible for determining the new weights; and\n(c) where he is a qualified person authorised by the Secretary of State under sub-paragraph (1)(c), an indication of that fact.\n(5) In determining a maximum weight for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), the qualified person must have regard to—\n(a) the design, construction and equipment of the mobile crane;\n(b) the alterations made to it; and\n(c) the stresses to which it is likely to be subject when in use.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 17 in force at 1.12.2004, see art. 1(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1998/schedule/2/paragraph/17",
    "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."
}