The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 No. 881

Plates for goods vehicles and buses

13.  After regulation 66(7) (plates for goods vehicles and buses) insert—

“(8) In Great Britain a maximum gross weight of 18000 kg may be displayed on the plate of a motor vehicle with two axles which falls within sub-paragraph (1)(b) and which first came into use after 31st December 1998 where the maximum gross weight determined in accordance with the Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations 1998(1) exceeds 18000 kg.”.

(1)

S.I. 1998/3111, as amended by S.I. 2000/3224, regulations 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of these Regulations and other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.