Regulation 7 Maintenance and efficiency of brakes

In regulation 18(2)(a), after “an agricultural motor vehicle”, insert “, not being a category T tractor,”.

In regulation 18(2), after sub-paragraph (a), insert—

“(aa)

a category T tractor which is not driven at more than 40 km/h;”.

For paragraph (5) of regulation 18, substitute—

“(5)

The brakes of—

(a)

an agricultural motor vehicle, not being a category T tractor, which is first used on or after 1st June 1986 and is not driven at more than 20 mph;

(b)

a category T tractor which is first used on or after 1st June 1986 and is not driven at more than 40 km/h; and

(c)

an agricultural trailer manufactured on or after 1st December 1985,

shall be capable of achieving a braking efficiency of not less than 25% when the weight of the vehicle is equal to the total maximum axle weights which the vehicle is designed to have.”.