The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002

3.  For the purposes of this Schedule, the following are to be deemed not to constitute goods or burden—

(a)in the case of a motor vehicle constructed or adapted for use and used for the conveyance of a machine or device which is built in as part of the vehicle, that machine or device and any articles used in connection with it;

(b)water, fuel or accumulators used for the purpose of the supply of power for the propulsion of a vehicle or, as the case may be, of any vehicle by which a trailer is drawn, and loose tools and loose equipment.