Regulation 7 Amendments to regulation 78 (maximum permitted wheel and axle weights)
Regulation 78 shall be amended as follows—
(a)
in item 3, in sub-paragraph (a) of column 2 of the Table,
(i)
for the word “if” there shall be substituted the word “where”,
(ii)
the word “two” shall be omitted, and
(iii)
the words after “closely-spaced axles” to the end of the sub-paragraph shall be omitted;
(b)
in paragraph (3), the words “item 4 in the Table in” shall be omitted.
(c)
after paragraph (5), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(6)Regulation 75 shall not apply to a two axle bus if—
(a)its laden weight as calculated in accordance with paragraph (5) does not exceed 17,000kg; and
(b)the distance between the two axles is at least 3.0m.”