The Use of Invalid Carriages on Highways (Amendment) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2015

Citation, commencement and application

1.  These Regulations—

(a) may be cited as the Use of Invalid Carriages on Highways (Amendment) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2015;

(b) come into force on 9th March 2015; and

(c) apply in relation to England and Scotland only.

Amendment of the Use of Invalid Carriages on Highways Regulations 1988

2.—(1) The Use of Invalid Carriages on Highways Regulations 1988(1) are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 7 (Unladen Weight), substitute—

“7.— (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the unladen weight of an invalid carriage must not exceed—

(a) in the case of a Class 1 or Class 2 invalid carriage, 113.4 kilograms; and

(b) in the case of a Class 3 invalid carriage, 150 kilograms.

(2) The unladen weight of an invalid carriage which satisfies the conditions in paragraph (3) must not exceed 200 kilograms.

(3) The conditions are that—

(a) the invalid carriage includes necessary user equipment; and

(b) the unladen weight of the invalid carriage, excluding the weight of necessary user equipment, does not exceed the weight limit for its Class as set out in paragraph (1).

(4) In this regulation—

(a) “necessary user equipment” means equipment that—

(i) forms part of, or is attached to, the invalid carriage upon construction or adaptation; and

(ii) is necessary for the specific clinical, postural, hygienic, caring or nursing requirement of the usual user.

(b) “unladen weight” means the weight of the invalid carriage—

(i) inclusive of the weight of water, fuel or accumulators used for the purpose of the supply of power for propulsion of the invalid carriage, loose tools, and any necessary user equipment; but

(ii) exclusive of any other load and the weight of the person carried by the invalid carriage.”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Kramer

Minister of State

Department for Transport

23rd January 2015