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Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

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Weight not to be exceeded in any circumstances

1.—(1) Subject to paragraph 2, the maximum authorised weight for an axle of a description specified in column (2) of an item in Table V shall be the weight specified in column (3) of the item.

Table V

(1)(2)(3)
ItemDescription of axleMaximum authorised weight (kg)
1.Single driving axle11500
2.Single non-driving axle10000
3.Driving tandem axle which meets either of the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (2)19000
4.Driving tandem axle not falling within item 318000
5.Non-driving tandem axle20000
6.Triaxle24000

(2) The conditions referred to in item 3 of Table V are that—

(a)the driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and road friendly suspension; or

(b)each driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and no axle has an axle weight exceeding 9500 kg.

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