{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorised-weight-regulations-1998/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorised-weight-regulations-1998/schedule-3/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3111",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorised-weight-regulations-1998",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Weight by reference to axle spacing",
  "text": "For an axle of a description specified in column (2) of an item in Table 6 below, if the dimension specified in column (3) is of the length specified in column (4), the maximum authorised weight shall be the weight specified in column (5) of the item, if that weight is less than the maximum authorised weight determined in accordance with paragraph 1.\nTABLE 6\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\nItem\nDescription of axle\nSpecified dimension\nLength m\nMaximum authorised weight (kg)\n1.\nDriving tandem axle\nDistance between the 2 axles comprised in the tandem axle\nLess than 1\n11500\n2.\nDriving tandem axle\nDistance between the 2 axles comprised in the tandem axle\nNot less than 1 but less than 1.3\n16000\n3.\nNon-driving tandem axle\nDistance between the 2 axles comprised in the tandem axle\nLess than 1\n11000\n4.\nNon-driving tandem axle\nDistance between the 2 axles comprised in the tandem axle\nNot less than 1 but less than 1.3\n16000\n5.\nNon-driving tandem axle\nDistance between the 2 axles comprised in the tandem axle\nNot less than 1.3 but less than 1.8\n18000\n6.\nTriaxle\nDistance between any one axle comprised in the triaxle and the nearer of the other 2 axles\n1.3 or less\n21000",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/3224",
      "affecting_title": "The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/3224",
      "affecting_title": "The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3111/schedule/3/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:13:11.937994+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."
}