The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

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Document Generated: 2012-02-28 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). UK Statutory Instruments are not carried in their revised form on this site. The electronic version of this UK Statutory Instrument has been contributed by Westlaw and is taken from the printed publication. Read more 6. Maximum gross weight (c). 7. Maximum weight in Great Britain for eachaxle (a) (e). 8. Maximum gross weight in Great Britain (c) (f). 9. Year of manufacture (d). (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) This weight as respects each axle isthe sum of the weights to be transmitted to the road surface by all the wheelsof that axle. Only for trailers forming part of articulatedvehicles or where some of the weight of the trailer or its load is to be imposedon the drawing vehicle. This item need not be completed in the case of a converterdolly. This weight is the sum of the weightsto be transmitted to the road surface by all the wheels of the trailer, includingany weight of the trailer to be imposed on the drawing vehicle. References to the weights tobe transmitted to the road surface by all or any of the wheels of the trailerare references to the weight so to be transmitted both of the trailer andof any load or persons carried by it and references to the weights to be imposedon the drawing vehicle are references to the weights so to be imposed bothof the trailer and of any load or persons carried by it except where onlythe load of the trailer is imposed on the drawing vehicle. This item need not be completed in thecase of a trailer manufactured before 1st April 1970. This item need not be completed in thecase of a trailer manufactured before 1st October 1972. This item need not be completed in thecase of a trailer manufactured before 1st October 1972 or which forms partof an articulated vehicle. PART III 1. The power of an engine, which is to be shownonly in the case of a compression ignition engine on the plate in respectof item 3 in Part Iof this Schedule, shall be the amount in kilowatts equivalent to the installedpower output shown in a type test certificate issued— (a) by a personauthorised by the Secretary of State for the type of engine to which the engineconforms; and (b) in accordancewith either— (i) theprovisions relating to the installed brake power output specified in the BritishStandard Specification for the Performance of Diesel Engines for Road Vehiclespublished on 19th May 1971 under the number BS AU 141a: 1971; (ii) the provisions relating to the net power specified in Community Directive 80/1269 butafter allowance has been made for the power absorbed by such equipment, atits minimum power setting, driven by the engine of the vehicle as is fittedfor the operation of the vehicle (other than its propulsion) such power beingmeasured at the speed corresponding to the engine speed at which maximum enginepower is developed; or (iii) the provisions of Annex 10 of ECE Regulation 24.02as further amended with effect from 15th February 1984 relating to the methodof measuring internal combustion engine net power, but after allowance hasbeen made for the power absorbed by any disconnectable or progressive coolingfan, at its maximum setting, and by any other such equipment, at its minimumpower setting, driven by the engine of the vehicle as is fitted for the operationof the vehicle (other than its propulsion), such power 138
Document Generated: 2012-02-28 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). UK Statutory Instruments are not carried in their revised form on this site. The electronic version of this UK Statutory Instrument has been contributed by Westlaw and is taken from the printed publication. Read more being measured at thespeed corresponding to the engine speed at which maximum engine power is developed. 2.—(1) The weightsto be shown on the plate in relation to items 6, 7 and 8 in Part Iand in relation to items 4, 5 and 6 in Part IIshall be the weight limits at or below which the vehicle is considered fitfor use, having regard to its design, construction and equipment and the stressesto which it is likely to be subject in use, by the Secretary of State if thevehicle is one to which the Type Approval for Goods Vehicles Regulations apply,and by the manufacturer if the vehicle is one to which those Regulations donot apply. Provided that,where alterations are made to a vehicle which may render the vehicle fit foruse at weights which exceed those referred to above in this paragraph andshown on the plate— (a) there may be shown on the plate, in place of any of those weights, such newweights as the manufacturer of the vehicle or any person carrying on businessas a manufacturer of motor vehicles or trailers (or a person duly authorisedon behalf of that manufacturer or any such person) or a person authorisedby the Secretary of State considers to represent the weight limits at or belowwhich the vehicle will then be fit for use, having regard to its design, constructionand equipment and to those alterations and to the stresses to which it islikely to be subject in use; and (b) the name of the person who has determined the new weights shall be shown onthe plate as having made that determination and, where he is a person authorisedby the Secretary of State, his appointment shall be so shown. (2) In relationto a vehicle manufactured on or after 1st October 1972, in the foregoing paragraph — (a) thereferences to equipment shall not be treated as including a reference to thetype of tyres with which the vehicle is equipped; and (b) forthe words “weight limits at or below”in both places where they occur there shall be substituted the words “maximum weights at”. 3. The weights to be shown on the plate in respectof— (a) item 9 in Part I of this Scheduleshall be the weights shown at item 6 in that Part and in respect of item 7 in Part II of this Scheduleshall be the weights shown at item 4 in that Part, in each case reduced sofar as necessary to indicate the maximum weight applicable to each axle ofthe vehicle, if the vehicle is not to be used in contravention of regulations 23, 75, 78 or 79,and if the tyres with which the vehicle is equipped are not, as respects strength,to be inadequate to support the weights to be so shown at item 9 and item7; (b) item 10in the said Part I shall be the weight shown at item 7 in that Part and inrespect of item 8 in the said Part II shall be the weight shown at item 6in that Part, in each case reduced so far as necessary to indicate the maximumpermissible weight applicable if the vehicle is not to be used in contraventionof regulation 75if the tyres with which the vehicle is equipped are not, as respects strength,to be inadequate to support the weights to be so shown at item 10 and item8. 4.—(1) Subjectto sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph weights on plates first affixed toa vehicle on or after 1st October 1972 shall be shown in kilograms and weightson plates first so affixed before that date shall be shown in tons and decimalsthereof. (2) Wherea new weight is first shown on a plate by virtue of the proviso to paragraph 2(1) theweight shall be shown as if it was on a plate first affixed to a vehicle onthe date it was first shown. 5. All letters and figures shown on the plate shallbe not less than 6mm in height. 6. In this Schedule references to the manufacturerof a motor vehicle or trailer are in relation to— 139
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