Regulation 5 Saving for regulation 80 of the 1986 Regulations (over-riding weight restrictions)

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 5 heading words substituted by Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 2000 reg. 5(a)
reg. 5(1) reg. 5 renumbered as reg. 5(1) by Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 2000 reg. 5(b)
reg. 5(1) words inserted by Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 2000 reg. 5(b)
reg. 5(2) added by Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) 2000 reg. 5(c)

Nothing in these Regulations shall prejudice or affect regulation 80 of the 1986 Regulations and a person using or permitting a vehicle to be used contrary to the provisions of that regulation commits an offence even if the weights authorised by these Regulations are not exceeded.