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

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Weight by reference to axle spacing

2.  For an axle of a description specified in column (2) of an item in Table VI, if the dimension specified in column (3) is of the length specified in column (4), the maximum authorised weight shall be the weight specified in column (5) of the item, if that weight is less than the maximum authorised weight determined in accordance with paragraph 1.

TABLE VI

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
ItemDescription of axleSpecified dimensionLength (m)Maximum authorised weight (kg)
1.Driving tandem axleDistance between the 2 axles comprised in the tandem axleLess than 111500
2.Driving tandem axleDistance between the 2 axles comprised in the tandem axleNot less than 1 but less than 1.316000
3.Non-driving tandem axleDistance between the 2 axles comprised in the tandem axleLess than 111000
4.Non-driving tandem axleDistance between the 2 axles comprised in the tandem axleNot less than 1 but less than 1.316000
5.Non-driving tandem axleDistance between the 2 axles comprised in the tandem axleNot less than 1.3 but less than 1.818000
6.TriaxleDistance between any one axle comprised in the triaxle and the nearer of the other 2 axles1.3 or less21000

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