Road Traffic Act 1991

13Power to prohibit driving of overloaded vehicles

(1)Section 70 of the [1988 c. 52.] Road Traffic Act 1988 shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1)—

(a)after the words “where a goods vehicle” there shall be inserted the words “, or a motor vehicle adapted to carry more than eight passengers,”;

(b)for the words “a goods vehicle examiner” there shall be substituted the words “a vehicle examiner”;

(c)at the end there shall be added the words “or that by reason of excessive overall weight or excessive axle weight on any axle driving the vehicle would involve a danger of injury to any person”.

(3)In subsection (2)—

(a)for “69(2)” there shall be substituted “69(6)”;

(b)after the words “that limit” there shall be inserted the words “or, as the case may be, so that it is no longer excessive”.

(4)In subsection (4), for the words “a goods vehicle examiner” there shall be substituted the words “a vehicle examiner”.