Use of bridging plates between motor vehicles and trailers
102.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person shall not use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road a motor vehicle constructed for the purpose of carrying other vehicles or any trailer constructed for that purpose so that while such vehicle or trailer is on aroad any part of the weight of any vehicle which is being carried rests on a plate of a kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (i)(h) in the definition in regulation 2(1) of “overall length”.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply—
(a)while the motor vehicle or trailer constructed for the purpose of carrying other vehicles is being loaded or unloaded; or
(b)if the plate is folded or withdrawn so that it does not bridge the gap between the motor vehicle and the trailer.