{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/schedule-9/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/schedule-9/paragraph-4.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/9/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The notice must contain—\n(a) a list of all the authorities to which notice is given;\n(b) details of the user of the vehicle or vehicle-combination, stating—\naddress,\ntelephone number,\nfax number,\nemail address (if any),\nuser’s licence number,\nuser’s reference number;\n(c) details of the intended use of the vehicle or vehicle-combination, stating—\npoint of departure,\npoint of destination,\ntime, date and route of journey,\nparticulars of any load (including description and profile of load);\n(d) details of the vehicle or vehicle-combination used, stating—\nregistration number of any motor vehicle,\ntype of vehicle or vehicles,\noverall length of the vehicle or vehicle-combination (including length of any front and rear projection),\noverall length of each single rigid unit included in a Part 2 vehicle-combination (including length of any front and rear projection),\noverall width (including width of any lateral projection),\nmaximum height,\ngross weight or gross train weight,\nnumber of wheels per axle,\nall axle weights,\nall axle spacings.\n(2) The authority may accept fewer details in any case.\n(3) In sub-paragraph (2)(d), “single rigid unit” in relation to a Part 2 vehicle-combination has the meaning given by article 12(4).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 4 in force at 25.8.2003, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "A standard application form is available on the Highways Agency website at www.highways.gov.uk and can be obtained by contacting the Highways Agency Traffic Operations Directorate (Abnormal Loads team) on 0121 678 8411. Alternatively one is available on the Department for Transport website www.dft.gov.uk."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1998/schedule/9/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}