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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorised-weight-regulations-1998/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3111",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations 1998",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application of Regulations",
  "text": "These Regulations apply to all wheeled motor vehicles and trailers which fall within category M2, M3, N2, N3, O3 or O4 of the vehicle categories defined in Annex II of Directive 70/156/EEC as substituted by Directive 92/53/EC except vehicle combinations which for the time being fulfil the requirements of Part II, III or IIIA of Schedule 11A to the 1986 Regulations (exemptions relating to combined transport operations).",
  "extent": null,
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L42, 23.2.70, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L225, 10.8.92, p. 1."
    }
  ],
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    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2017/881",
      "affecting_title": "The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017"
    },
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      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2017/881",
      "affecting_title": "The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017"
    },
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      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2020/818",
      "affecting_title": "The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3111/regulation/3",
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  "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."
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