# The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1990, Regulation 7: Amendment to regulation 25 (tyre loads etc)


For regulation 25 there shall be substituted the following–
“25 (1) Save as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) any tyre fitted to the axle of a vehicle–
(a) which is a class of vehicle specified in an item in column 2 of Table I; and
(b) in relation to which the date of first use is as specified in that item in column 3 of that Table;
shall comply with the requirements specified in that item in column 4 of that Table.
TABLE I
(regulation 25(1))
1
2
3
4
Item
Class of vehicle
Date of first use
Requirements
1
Goods vehicles, trailers and buses
On or after 1st April 1987 and before 1st April 1991
The requirements of paragraphs (5) and (6)
2
Goods vehicles, trailers, buses and dual-purpose vehicles, with the exception of the vehicles specified in item 3 in this column
On or after 1st April 1991
The requirements of paragraphs (5), (6) and (7)
3
The vehicles mentioned in paragraph (2)
On or after 1st April 1991
The requirements of paragraphs (5) and (6)
(2) The vehicles which are referred to in item 3 in column 2 in Table I are–
(a) agricultural motor vehicles;
(b) agricultural trailers;
(c) agricultural trailed appliances;
(d) agricultural trailed appliance conveyors;
(e) engineering plant;
(f) track laying vehicles;
(g) vehicles not of a class specified in item 2 of Table II which have a maximum speed not exceeding 25 mph;
(h) works trailers; and
(j) works trucks.
(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any tyre fitted to the axle of a vehicle if the vehicle is–
(a) broken down or proceeding to a place where it is to be broken up; and
(b) being drawn by a motor vehicle at a speed not exceeding 20 mph.
(4) Where in relation to any vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1991 a tyre supplied by a manufacturer for the purposes of tests or trials of that tyre is fitted to an axle of that vehicle, that tyre shall comply with the requirements of paragraphs (5) and (6).
(5) The requirements of this paragraph are that the tyre, as respects strength, shall be designed and manufactured adequately to support the maximum permitted axle weight for the axle.
(6) The requirements of this paragraph are that the tyre shall be designed and maintained adequately to support the maximum permitted axle weight for the axle when the vehicle is driven at the speed shown in column 3 in Table II in the item in which the vehicle is described in column 2 (the lowest relevant speed being applicable to a vehicle which is described in more than one item).
TABLE II
(regulation 25(6))
1
2
3
4
Item
Class of vehicle
Speed (mph)
Variation to the load capacity index expressed as a percentage
Tyres marked in accordance with ECE Regulation 30.02
Tyres marked in accordance with ECE Regulation 54
1
A vehicle of a class for which maximum speeds are prescribed by Schedule 6 to the 1984 Act
The highest speed so prescribed
Single wheels: none
None
Dual wheels: 95.5%
2
An electrically propelled vehicle used as a multi-stop local collection and delivery vehicle and having a maximum speed of not more than 25 mph
25
None
150%
3
An electrically propelled vehicle used as a multi-stop local collection and delivery vehicle and having a maximum speed of more than 25 mph and not more than 40 mph
40
None
130%
4
An electrically propelled vehicle used only within a radius of 25 miles from the permanent base at which it is normally kept and having a maximum speed of more than 40 mph and not more than 50 mph
50
None
115%
5
A local service bus
50
None
110%
6
A restricted speed vehicle
50
None
The relevant % variation specified in Annex 8 to ECE Regulation 54
7
A low platform trailer
40
None
The relevant % variation specified in Annex 8 to ECE Regulation 54
8
A municipal vehicle
40
None
115%
9
A multi-stop local collection and delivery vehicle if not falling within the class of vehicle described in items 2 or 3 above
40
None
115%
10
A light trailer or any trailer equipped with tyres of speed category F or G
60
Single wheels: 110%
The relevant variation specified in Annex 8 to ECE
Dual wheels: 105%
Regulation 54
11
A trailer not falling in items 6–10
60
Single wheels: none
None
Dual wheels: 95.5%
12
A vehicle not falling in items 1–11
70
Single wheels: none
None
Dual wheels: 95.5%
(7) The requirement of this paragraph is that the tyre when first fitted to the vehicle complied with the requirements of ECE Regulation 30.02 or 54, but this requirement shall not apply to a retreaded tyre.
(8) A vehicle of a class described in column 2 in Table II first used on or after 1st April 1991 shall not be used on a road–
(a) in the case where there is no entry in column 4 specifying a variation to the load capacity index expressed as a percentage, if the load applied to any tyre fitted to the axle of the vehicle exceeds that indicated by the load capacity index; or
(b) in the case where there is such an entry in column 4, if the load applied to any tyre fitted to the axle of the vehicle exceeds the variation to the load capacity index expressed as a percentage.
(9) In this regulation–
“dual wheels” means two or more wheels which are to be regarded as one wheel by virtue of paragraph 7 of regulation 3 in the circumstances specified in that paragraph;
“load-capacity index” has the same meaning as in paragraph 2.29 of ECE Regulation 30.02 or paragraph 2.26 of ECE Regulation 54;
“local service bus” means a bus being used in the provision of a local service as defined in section 2 of the Transport Act 1985;
“municipal vehicle” means a motor vehicle or trailer limited at all times to use by a local authority, or a person acting in pursuance of a contract with a local authority, for road cleansing, road watering or the collection and disposal of refuse, night soil or the contents of cesspools, or the purposes of the enactments relating to weights and measures or the sale of food and drugs;
“multi-stop local collection and delivery vehicle” means a motor vehicle or trailer used for multi-stop collection and delivery services to be used only within a radius of 25 miles from the permanent base at which it is normally kept;
“single wheels” means wheels which are not dual wheels; and
“speed category” has the same meaning as in paragraph 2.27 of ECE Regulation 54.
(10) In this regulation any reference to the first use shall, in relation to a trailer, be construed as a reference to the date which is 6 months after the date of manufacture of the trailer.”.

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