Regulation 4 Amendments to regulation 9 (height)

Regulation 9 shall be amended as follows.

In paragraph (2)(b), for “32,520kg” there shall be substituted “35,000kg”.

After paragraph (2), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(2A)

Save as provided by paragraph (3), no person shall use or cause or permit to be used on a road a motor vehicle drawing a trailer (other than a semi– trailer) if—

(a)

any part of the structure of any of the vehicles in the combination is more than 4.2m from the ground when the vehicles are on level ground; and

(b)

the total laden weight of the vehicles in the combination exceeds 35,000kg.”.

In paragraph (3) for the words “paragraph (2)” in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (2) and (2A)”.