{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-amendment-no-4-regulations-1992/schedule-2/part-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-amendment-no-4-regulations-1992/schedule-2/part-II.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2016",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-amendment-no-4-regulations-1992",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "“PART IA (see regulation 75)\nMAXIMUM PERMITTED GROSS WEIGHTS FOR HEAVY CARS AND MOTOR CARS IF THE DRIVING AXLES ARE FITTED WITH ROAD FRIENDLY SUSPENSION ETC AND IN EACH CASE NOT FORMING PART OF AN ARTICULATED VEHICLE\n1 Subject to paragraph 2, the maximum permitted gross weight of a vehicle to which this Part applies shall, for the purposes of regulation 75, be the weight shown in column 4 of the Table below in the item which is appropriate, having regard to columns 2 and 3 in that Table.\n2 In the case of a vehicle to which this Part applies being a two axle goods vehicle which has a distance between its axles of at least 3.0m, the maximum permitted laden weight for the purposes of regulation 75 shall be 17,000 kg.\nTABLE\nMAXIMUM PERMITTED LADEN WEIGHT\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\nItem\nNo. of axles\nDistance between foremost and rearmost axles (metres)\nMaximum permitted laden weight (kg)\n1\n2\nLess than 2.65\n14,230\n2\n2\nAt least 2.65\n16,260\n3\n3 or more\nLess than 3.0\n16,260\n4\n3 or more\nAt least 3.0 but less than 3.2\n18,290\n5\n3 or more\nAt least 3.2 but less than 3.9\n20,330\n6\n3 or more\nAt least 3.9 but less than 4.9\n22,360\n7\n3 or more\nAt least 4.9 but less than 5.2\n25,000\n8\n3\nAt least 5.2\n26,000\n9\n4 or more\nAt least 5.2 but less than 6.4\nThe distance in metres between the foremost and rearmost axles multiplied by 5,000, rounded up to the next 10 kg\n10\n4 or more\nAt least 6.4\n32,000\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2016/schedule/2/part/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:17:11.514617+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."
}