Regulation 80 Over-riding weight restrictionsI1
England, Wales and Scotland
Subject to F1paragraphs (2), F2(2B), (2C) and (4) , no person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road a vehicle—
fitted with a plate in accordance with regulation 66, but for which no plating certificate has been issued, if any of the weights shown on the plate is F3equalled or exceeded;
for which a plating certificate has been issued, if any of the weights shown in column (2) of the plating certificate is equalled or exceeded; or
required by regulation 68 to be fitted with a plate, if the maximum gross weight referred to in paragraph (2)(c) of that regulation is equalled or exceeded.
Where any two or more axles are fitted with a compensating arrangement in accordance with regulation 23 the sum of the weights shown for them in the plating certificate shall not be F4equalled or exceeded. In a case where a plating certificate has not been issued the sum of the weights referred to shall be that shown for the said axles in the plate fitted in accordance with regulation 66.
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a vehicle for which a plating certificate has been issued in the form set out in Schedule 10A or 10C where—
the vehicle is being used for international transport; and
none of the weights shown in column (3) of the plating certificate is F6equalled or exceeded.
Where both a train weight and a maximum train weight are shown in column (2) of a plating certificate issued for a motor vehicle, paragraph (1)(b) in so far as it relates to train weights shall not apply to the motor vehicle if—
the motor vehicle is a wheeled heavy motor car drawing a wheeled trailer and the requirements set out in Part II of Schedule 11A are for the time being fulfilled; or
the motor vehicle is comprised in an articulated vehicle and the requirements set out in Part III of Schedule 11A are for the time being fulfilled,
and the train weight of the motor vehicle does not F7equal or exceed the maximum train weight shown in column (2) of the certificate.
Nothing in regulations 75 to 79 F8or in the Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations 1998 shall permit any such weight as is mentioned in the preceding provisions of this regulation to be F9equalled or exceeded and nothing in this regulation shall permit any weight prescribed by regulations 75 to 79 or in the Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations 1998 in relation to the vehicle in question to be equalled or exceeded.
Paragraph (1) shall not apply where a vehicle is used on a road before 1st January 2000 if–
the vehicle is fitted with a plate in accordance with regulation 66(1)(b) and the maximum gross weight and the maximum weight for any axle of the vehicle are not exceeded; or
there is in force a plating certificate for the vehicle that was issued before 1st January 1999 and the design weight of the vehicle is not exceeded; and
in either case the maximum authorised weight for the vehicle, maximum authorised weight for a combination of which the vehicle forms part and maximum authorised weight for any axle of the vehicle, determined in accordance with the Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations 1998, are not exceeded.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 80(1) substituted (22.4.1997) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1096), regs. 1, 3
- F2
Words in reg. 80(1) substituted (1.1.1999) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/3112), regs. 1, 10(2)
- F3
Words in reg. 80(1) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/264), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)
- F4
Words in reg. 80(2) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/264), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)
- F5
Reg. 80(2A)(2B) inserted (24.3.1994) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/329), regs. 1, 9(3)
- F6
Words in reg. 80(2A) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/264), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)
- F7
Words in reg. 80(2B) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/264), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)
- F8
Words in reg. 80(3) inserted (1.1.1999) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/3112), regs. 1, 10(3)
- F9
Words in reg. 80(3) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/264), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)
- F10
Reg. 80(4) inserted (1.1.1999) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/3112), regs. 1, 10(4)
Commencement
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Reg. 80 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1