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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/schedule-n17/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1078",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986",
  "path": "schedule/n17/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following conditions must be satisfied in relation to the motor vehicle, namely—\n(a) it complies with the relevant braking requirements;\n(b) it has at least three axles;\n(c) every driving axle not being a steering axle is fitted with twin tyres; and\n(d) either every driving axle is fitted with road friendly suspension or no axle has an axle weight exceeding 8,500kg.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 11A inserted (24.3.1994) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/329), regs. 1, 12, Sch. 3"
    }
  ],
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  "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."
}