|
The 1971 Act | The Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971.
|
| The 1972 Act | The Road Traffic Act 1972.
|
| The 1981 Act | The Public Passenger Vehicles Act
1981. |
| The 1984 Act | The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
. |
| The 1988 Act | The Road Traffic Act 1988 |
|
The Approval Marks Regulations | The Motor Vehicles (Designation of
Approval Marks) Regulations 1979. |
| The EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval Regulations | The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1998 |
| The Lighting Regulations | The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations
1984. |
| The Plating and Testing Regulations | The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing)
Regulations 1982. |
| The Type Approval Regulations | The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) Regulations 1980. |
| The Type Approval (Great Britain) Regulations
| The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) Regulations 1984
. |
| The Type Approval Masses and Dimensions Regulations | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 of 12 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to type-approval requirements for masses and dimensions of motor vehicles and their trailers and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1892 of 31 October 2019. |
| The Type Approval Masses and Dimensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 of 12 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to type-approval requirements for masses and dimensions of motor vehicles and their trailers and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1892 of 31 October 2019, as it has effect in Northern Ireland by virtue of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement. |
| The (European Union) Type Approval Masses and Dimensions Regulations | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 of 12 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to type-approval requirements for masses and dimensions of motor vehicles and their trailers and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1892 of 31 October 2019, as it has effect in EU law. |
| The Type Approval for Goods Vehicles
Regulations | The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles)
(Great Britain) Regulations 1982. |
| The Type Approval for Agricultural Vehicles
Regulations | The Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor
Components (Type Approval) Regulations 1979.
|
| The Vehicle Approval Regulations | The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2009 |
| The Act of Accession | the Treaty concerning the Accession of the Kingdom
of Denmark, Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland to the European Economic Community and the European
Atomic Energy Community
|
| aerodynamic devices and equipment | devices or equipment that are designed to reduce the aerodynamic drag of road vehicles, with the exception of elongated cabs, type-approved in accordance with—(a)Article 4a of The Type Approval Masses and Dimensions Regulations;(b)Article 4a of The Type Approval Masses and Dimensions Regulations (Northern Ireland); or(c)Article 4a of The (European Union) Type Approval Masses and Dimensions Regulations. |
| agricultural or forestry tractor | an agricultural or forestry tractor within the meaning of Community Directive 82/890. |
| agricultural motor vehicle | a motor vehicle which is constructed or adapted
for use off roads for the purpose of agriculture, horticulture or forestry
and which is primarily used for one or more of those purposes, not being a
dual-purpose vehicle. |
| agricultural
trailer | a trailer which is constructed
or adapted for the purpose of agriculture, horticulture or forestry and which
is only used for one or more of those purposes, not being an agricultural
trailed appliance. |
| agricultural
trailed appliance | a trailer—which is an implement constructed or
adapted—for use off roads for the purpose of
agriculture, horticulture or forestry and which is only used for one or more
of those purposes, andso that, save in the case of an appliance
manufactured before 1st December 1985, or a towed roller, its maximum gross
weight is not more than twice its unladen weight; butwhich is not—a vehicle which is used primarily as
living accommodation by one or more persons, and which carries no goods or
burden except those needed by such one or more persons for the purpose of
their residence in the vehicle; oran agricultural, horticultural or forestry
implement rigidly but not permanently mounted on any vehicle whether or not
any of the weight of the implement is supported by one or more of its own
wheels; so however that such an implement is an agricultural trailed appliance
if—part of the weight of the implement is supported by
one or more of its own wheels, and—the longitudinal axis of the greater part of the implement
is capable of articulating in the horizontal plane in relation to the longitudinal
axis of the rear portion of the vehicle on which it is mounted. |
| agricultural trailed
appliance conveyor | an agricultural trailer
which—
(a)
has an unladen weight which does not exceed 510 kg;
(b) is clearly and indelibly marked with its unladen
weight;
(c) has a
pneumatic tyre fitted to each one of its wheels;
(d) is designed and constructed for the purpose of
conveying one agricultural trailed appliance or one agricultural, horticultural
or forestry implement. |
| anti-lock braking system (“ABS”) | a part of a service braking system which automatically controls the degree of slip, in the direction of rotation of the wheel or wheels, on one or more wheels of the vehicle during braking. |
| articulated
bus | a bus so constructed that—
(a) it can be divided
into two parts, both of which are vehicles and one of which is a motor vehicle,
but cannot be so divided without the use of facilities normally available
only at a workshop; and
(b)
passengers carried by it can at all times pass from either part
to the other. |
| articulated
vehicle | a heavy motor car or motor car,
not being an articulated bus, with a trailer so attached that part of the
trailer is superimposed on the drawing vehicle and, when the trailer is uniformly
loaded, not less than 20% of the weight of its load is borne by the drawing
vehicle. |
| axle | any reference to the number of axles of a vehicle
is to be interpreted in accordance with paragraph (8).
|
| axle weight | in relation to each axle of a vehicle, the sum of the weights
transmitted to the road surface by all the wheels of that axle, having regard
to the provisions of paragraph (8).
|
| braking efficiency | the maximum braking force capable of being developed
by the brakes of a vehicle, expressed as a percentage of the weight of the
vehicle including any persons or load carried in the vehicle. |
| braking system | is to be interpreted in accordance with paragraph (6). |
| bus | a motor
vehicle which is constructed or adapted to carry more than eight seated passengers
in addition to the driver. |
| camera-monitor system | has the same meaning as in ECE Regulation 46.04. |
| car transporter | a trailer which is constructed and normally used for the purpose of carrying at least two other wheeled vehicles. |
| category T tractor | A vehicle in “category T” as defined in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles. |
|
cc | cubic centimetre(s). |
| close-coupled |
in relation to wheels on the same side of a trailer, fitted so that at all
times while the trailer is in motion they remain parallel to the longitudinal
axis of the trailer, and that the distance between the centres of their respective
areas of contract with the road surface does not exceed 1 m. |
| . . . | . . . |
| cm | centimetre(s). |
|
cm2
| square
centimetre(s). |
| coach | means a large bus with a maximum gross weight of more than 7.5 tonnes and with a maximum speed exceeding 60 mph; |
| Community Directive,
followed by a number | the Directive adopted
by the Council or the Commission of the European Communities or the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union of which identifying
particulars are given in the item in column 3 of Table I in Schedule
2 in which that number appears in column 2;
where such a Directive amends a previous Directive mentioned in column 3(d)
of the Table the reference to the amending Directive includes a reference to that previous Directive as so amended.
Any reference to a Directive which has been amended
by the Act of Accession is a reference to the Directive as so amended. |
| . . . | . . . |
| . . . | . . . |
| composite trailer | a combination of a converter dolly and a semi-trailer.
|
| container | an article of equipment, not being a motor vehicle or trailer,
having a volume of at least 8 cubic metres, constructed wholly or mostly of
metal and intended for repeated use for the carriage of goods or burden. |
| converter dolly | a trailer which is— equipped with 2 or more wheels,designed to be used in combination with a semi-trailer without any part of the weight of the semi-trailer being borne by the drawing vehicle, andnot itself a part either of the semi-trailer or the drawing vehicle when being so used; ora trailer which is—equipped with 2 or more wheels;designed to be used in combination with a semi-trailer with part of the weight of the semi-trailer being borne by the drawing vehicle;not itself a part either of the semi-trailer or the drawing vehicle when being so used; andused solely for the purposes of agriculture, horticulture or forestry, or for any two or for all of those purposes. |
| Council Regulation (EEC), followed by a number
| the Regulation adopted by the Council
of the European Communities. |
|
deck | a floor or platform on which seats
are provided for the accommodation of passengers. |
| design weight |
in relation to the gross weight, each axle weight or the train weight of a
motor vehicle or trailer, the weight at or below which in the opinion of the
Secretary of State or of a person authorised in that behalf by the Secretary
of State the vehicle could safely be driven on roads. |
| double-decked vehicle | a vehicle having two decks one of which is wholly or partly above
the other and each of which is provided with a gangway serving seats on that
deck only. |
| dual-purpose vehicle
| a vehicle constructed or adapted for
the carriage both of passengers and of goods or burden of any description,
being a vehicle of which the unladen weight does not exceed 2040 kg, and which
either—is so constructed or adapted that the
driving power of the engine is, or by the appropriate use of the controls
of the vehicle can be, transmitted to all the wheels of the vehicle; orsatisfies the following conditions as
to construction, namely—the vehicle must be permanently fitted
with a rigid roof, with or without a sliding panel;the area of the vehicle to the rear of
the driver's seat must—be permanently fitted with at least one
row of transverse seats (fixed or folding) for two or more passengers and
those seats must be properly sprung or cushioned and provided with upholstered
back-rests, attached either to the seats or to a side or the floor of the
vehicle; andbe lit on each side and at the rear
by a window or windows of glass or other transparent material having an area
or aggregate area of not less than 1850 square centimetres on each side and
not less than 770 square centimetres at the rear; andthe distance between the rearmost part
of the steering wheel and the back-rests of the row of transverse seats satisfying
the requirements specified in head (i) of sub-paragraph (b)
(or, if there is more than one such row of
seats, the distance between the rearmost part of the steering wheel and the
back-rests of the rearmost such row) must, when the seats are ready for use,
be not less than one-third of the distance between the rearmost part of the
steering wheel and the rearmost part of the floor of the vehicle. |
| ECE Regulation, followed by a
number | the Regulation, annexed to the Agreement concerning the adoption
of uniform conditions of approval for Motor Vehicles Equipment and Parts and
reciprocal recognition thereof concluded at Geneva on 20th March 1958 as amended,
to which the United Kingdom is a party, of which identifying particulars
are given in the item in column (3)(a), (b) and (c) of Table
II in Schedule 2in which that number appears
in column (2); and where that number contains a full-stop followed by another number, it refers
to that Regulation with the amendments in force at the date specified in column
(3)(d) in that item. |
| elongated cab | the cab of a vehicle or a combination of vehicles that complies with—(a)Appendix 5 of Annex I of The Type Approval Masses and Dimensions Regulations;(b)Appendix 5 of Annex I of The Type Approval Masses and Dimensions Regulations (Northern Ireland); or(c)Appendix 5 of Annex I of The (European Union) Type Approval Masses and Dimensions Regulations. |
| engine power in kilowatts (kW) | the maximum net power ascertained in accordance with Community Directive 80/1269. |
| engineering equipment | engineering plant and any other plant or equipment designed and constructed for the purpose of engineering operations. |
| engineering plant |
(a) movable plant or
equipment being a motor vehicle or trailer specially designed and constructed
for the special purposes of engineering operations, and which cannot, owing
to the requirements of those purposes, comply with all the requirements of
these Regulations and which is not constructed primarily to carry a load other
than a load being either excavated materials raised from the ground by apparatus
on the motor vehicle or trailer or materials which the vehicle or trailer
is specially designed to treat while carried thereon; or
(b) a mobile crane which does not comply in all respects
with the requirements of these Regulations. |
| EU Tachographs Regulation | Regulation (EU) No. 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on tachographs in road transport as read with the Community Drivers’ Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2007. |
| exhaust system | a complete
set of components through which the exhaust gases escape from the engine unit
of a motor vehicle including those which are necessary to limit the noise
caused by the escape of those gases. |
| first used | is to be interpreted
in accordance with paragraph (3).
|
| Framework Directive | Council Directive as amended by Council Directive , Council Directive , Commission Directive 93/81/EEC and Commission Directive 98/14/EC. |
| fuel cell | a device in which hydrogen reacts with oxygen, creating water and generating an electric current. |
| gangway | the space provided for obtaining access from any entrance
to the passengers' seats or from any such seat to an exit other than an emergency
exit, but excluding a staircase and any space in front of a seat which is
required only for the use of passengers occupying that seat or a seat in the
same row of seats. |
| gas | any fuel which is wholly gaseous at 17.5°C under
a pressure of 1.013 bar absolute. |
| gas-fired appliance | a device carried on a motor vehicle or trailer when in use on a road, which consumes gas and which is none of the following—(a) a device owned or operated by or with the authority of a gas transporter for the purposes of detecting gas;(b) an engine for the propulsion of a motor vehicle;(c) a lamp which consumes acetylene gas;(d) a fuel cell. |
| gas transporter | a holder of a licence under section 7(1) of the Gas Act 1986 except where the holder is acting otherwise than for purposes connected with—(a) the carrying on of activities authorised by the licence;(b) the conveyance of gas through pipes which—(i) are situated in an authorised area of the licence holder; or(ii) are situated in an area which was an authorised area of the licence holder, or an authorised area of a previous holder of the licence, and were so situated at a time when it was such an area; or(c) the conveyance through pipes of gas which is in the course of being conveyed to or from a country of territory outside Great Britain. |
| goods
vehicle | a motor vehicle or trailer constructed
or adapted for use for the carriage or haulage of goods or burden of any description.
|
| gritting trailer | a trailer which is used on a road for the purpose
of spreading grit or other matter so as to avoid or reduce the effect of ice
or snow on the road. |
| gross
weight |
(a)
in relation to a motor vehicle, the sum of the weights transmitted to the
road surface by all the wheels of the vehicle.
(b) in relation to a trailer, the sum of the weights
transmitted to the road surface by all the wheels of the trailer and of any
weight of the trailer imposed on the drawing vehicle. |
| heavy motor car |
a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being a locomotive, a motor tractor,
or a motor carry, which is constructed itself to carry a load or passengers
and the weight of which unladen exceeds 2540 kg. |
| indivisible load |
a load which cannot without undue expense or risk of damage be divided into
two or more loads for the purpose of conveyance on a road. |
| industrial tractor | a tractor, not being an agricultural motor vehicle, which—
(a) has an unladen
weight not exceeding 7370 kg,
(b) is designed and used primarily for work off roads, or for work
on roads in connection only with road construction or maintenance (including
any such tractor when fitted with an implement or implements designed primarily
for use in connection with such work, whether or not any such implement is
of itself designed to carry a load), and
(c) has a maximum speed not exceeding 20 mph. |
| intermodal transport operation | shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 9(3) of Part IV of Schedule 11A. |
| invalid carriage |
a mechanically propelled vehicle the weight of which unladen does not exceed
254 kg and which is specially designed and constructed, and not merely adapted,
for the use of a person suffering from some physical defect or disability
and is solely used by such a person. |
| ISO | International Organisation for Standardisation. |
| ISO 7638 connector | an electrical connector that complies with standard ISO 7638: 1997–1 or ISO 7638: 1997–2 and is used to provide a dedicated power supply and a communication link between the tow vehicle and trailer. |
| kerbside weight | the weight
of a vehicle when it carries—in the case of a motor vehicle, no person; anda full supply of fuel in its tank, an
adequate supply of other liquids incidental to its propulsion and no load
other than the loose tools and equipment with which it is normally equipped;
in the case of a trailer, no person and
is otherwise unladen. |
| kg | kilogram(s). |
| km/h | kilometre(s)
per hour. |
| kW | kilowatt(s). |
| large bus | means a vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 16 seated passengers in addition to the driver; |
| light trailer | a trailer with a maximum gross weight which does not exceed 3500 kg. |
| liquefied petroleum gas | (a) butane gas in any phase which meets the requirements contained in the specification of commercial butane and propane issued by the British Standards Institution under the number BS 4250: 2014 and published on 30th November 2014; or(b) propane gas in any phase which meets the requirements contained in the said specification; or(c) any mixture of such butane gas and such propane gas. |
|
living van | a vehicle used primarily as
living accommodation by one or more persons, and which is not also used for
the carriage of goods or burden which are not needed by such one or more persons
for the purpose of their residence in the vehicle. |
| locomotive | a mechanically
propelled vehicle which is not constructed itself to carry a load other than
the following articles, that is to say, water, fuel, accumulators and other
equipment used for the purpose of propulsion, loose tools and loose equipment,
and the weight of which unladen exceeds 7370 kg. |
| longitudinal plane |
a vertical plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of a vehicle. |
| low platform trailer |
a trailer fitted with tyres with a rim diameter size code of less than 20 and displaying a rectangular plate which–
ais at least 225 mm wide and at least 175 mm high; and
bbears two black letters “L” on a white ground each at least 125 mm high and 90 mm wide with a stroke width of 12 mm.
|
| low loader |
a semi-trailer which is constructed and nor mally used for the carriage of engineering equipment so constructed that the major part of the load platform does not extend over or between the wheels and the upper surface of which is below the height of the top most point of the tyres of those wheels, measured on level ground and when–
aany adjustable suspension is at the normal travelling height,
ball pneumatic tyres are suitably infl ated for use when the vehicle is fully laden, and
cthe semi-trailer is unladen,
(see also the definition of stepframe low loader).
|
| m |
metre(s). |
| m2
| square metre(s). |
| m3
| cubic metre(s). |
| maximum permitted axle weight |
in relation to an axle–
ain the case of a vehicle which is equipped with a Ministry plate in accordance with regulation 70, the axle weight shown in column (2) of that plate (where the plate is in the form required by Schedule 10 or 10B) or in column (2) of that plate (where the plate is in the form required by Schedule 10A or 10C) in relation to that axle;
bin the case of a vehicle which is not equipped with a Ministry plate but which is equipped with a plate in accordance with regulation 66, the maximum axle weight shown for that axle on the plate in respect of item 9 of Part I of Schedule 8 in the case of a motor vehicle and item 7 of Part II of Schedule 8 in the case of a trailer; and
cin any other case, the weight which the axle is designed or adapted not to exceed when the vehicle is travelling on a road.
|
| maximum gross weight |
(a) in the case of a vehicle equipped with a Ministry
plate in accordance with regulation 70,
the design gross weight shown in column (3) of that plate or, if no such weight
is shown, the gross weight shown in column (2) of that plate (where the plate is in the form required by Schedule 10 or 10B) or in column (4) of that plate (where the plate is in the form required by Schedule 10A or 10C).;
(b) in the case of a vehicle
not equipped with a Ministry plate, but which is equipped with a plate in
accordance with regulation 66,
the maximum gross weight shown on the plate in respect of item 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 8
in the case of a motor vehicle and item 6 of Part II of Schedule
8 in the case of a trailer;
(c) in any other case, the weight which the vehicle
is designed or adapted not to exceed when the vehicle is travelling on a road.
|
| maximum total design axle weight (an expression used only in relation to trailers) | ain the case of a trailer equipped with a Ministry plate in accordance with regulation 70, the sum of the relevant axle weights;
bin the case of a trailer which is not equipped with a Ministry plate, but which is equipped with a plate in accordance with regulation 66, the sum of the maximum axle weights shown on the plate in respect of item 4 of Part II of Schedule 8; or
cin the case of any other trailer, the sum of the axle weights which the trailer is designed or adapted not to exceed when the vehicle is travelling on a road;
and for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) the relevant axle weight, in respect to an axle, is the design axle weight shown in column (3) of the Ministry plate (where the plate is in the form required by Schedule 10 or 10B) or in column (4) of that plate (where the plate is in the form required by Schedule 10A or 10C) in relation to that axle or if no such weight is shown, the axle weight shown in column (2) of that plate in relation to that axle; |
| maximum speed | the speed which a vehicle is incapable, by reason
of its construction, of exceeding on the level under its own power when fully
laden. |
| minibus | a motor vehicle which is constructed or adapted
to carry more than 8 but not more than 16 seated passengers in addition to
the driver. |
| Ministry plate
| is to be interpreted in accordance with regulation 70. |
| mm |
millimetre(s). |
| motor ambulance
| a motor vehicle which is specially designed
and constructed (and not merely adapted) for carrying, as equipment permanently
fixed to the vehicle, equipment used for medical, dental, or other health
purposes and is used primarily for the carriage of persons suffering from
illness, injury or disability. |
|
motor car | a mechanically propelled vehicle,
not being a motor tractor, a motor cycle or an invalid carriage, which is
constructed itself to carry a load or passengers and the weight of which unladen—
(a) if it is constructed
solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects and is adapted to
carry not more than seven passengers exclusive of the driver does not exceed
3050 kg;
(b) if it
is constructed for use for the conveyance of goods or burden of any description,
does not exceed 3050 kg;
(c)
does not exceed 2540 kg in a case falling within neither of the
foregoing paragraphs. |
| motor caravan | means a motor vehicle which is constructed or adapted for the carriage of passengers and their effects and which contains, as permanently installed equipment, the facilities which are reasonably necessary for enabling the vehicle to provide mobile living accommodation for its users; |
| motor
cycle | a mechanically propelled vehicle,
not being an invalid carriage, having less than four wheels and the weight
of which unladen does not exceed 410 kg. |
| motor tractor | a mechanically
propelled vehicle which is not constructed itself to carry a load, other than
the following articles, that is to say, water, fuel, accumulators and other
equipment used for the purpose of propulsion, loose tools and loose equipment,
and the weight of which unladen does not exceed 7370 kg. |
| motor vehicle |
a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads. |
| mph |
mile(s) per hour. |
| N/mm
2
| newton(s) per square
millimetre. |
| an NHS ambulance service | an NHS trust or NHS foundation trust established under the National Health Service Act 2006 which has a function of providing ambulance services;an NHS trust established under the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 which has a function of providing ambulance services;the Scottish Ambulance Service Board. |
| off-road vehicle | an off-road vehicle as defined in Annex I to Council Directive of 6th February 1970 as read with Council Directive of 25th June 1987. |
| overall height
| the vertical distance between the ground
and the point on the vehicle which is furthest from the ground, calculated
when—
(a) the
tyres of the vehicle are suitably inflated for the use to which it is being
put;
(b) the vehicle
is at its unladen weight; and
(c) the surface of the ground under the vehicle is reasonably flat;
but, in the case of a trolley bus, exclusive of the
power collection equipment mounted on the roof of the vehicle. |
| overall length | in relation to a vehicle, the distance between transverse planes
passing through the extreme forward and rearward projecting points of the
vehicle inclusive of all parts of the vehicle, of any receptacle which is
of a permanent character and accordingly strong enough for repeated use, and
any fitting on, or attached to, the vehicle except—for all purposes— any driving mirror;any expanding or extensible contrivance
forming part of a turntable fire escape fixed to a vehicle;any snow-plough fixed in front of a vehicle;
any receptacle specially designed to
hold and keep secure a seal issued for the purposes of customs clearance;
any tailboard which is let down while
the vehicle is stationary in order to facilitate its loading or unloading;
any tailboard which is let down in order
to facilitate the carriage of, but which is not essential for the support
of, loads which are in themselves so long as to extend at least as far as
the tailboard when upright;any fitting attached to a part of, or
to a receptacle on, a vehicle which does not increase the carrying capacity
of the part or receptacle but which enables it to be —transferred from a road vehicle to a railway vehicle
or from a railway vehicle to a road vehicle,—secured to a railway vehicle by a locking device, and
—carried on a railway vehicle by the use of stanchions:
any plate, whether rigid or movable,
fitted to a trailer constructed for the purpose of carrying other vehicles
and designed to bridge the gap between that trailer and a motor vehicle constructed
for that purpose and to which the trailer is attached so that, while the trailer
is attached to the motor vehicle, vehicles which are to be carried by the
motor vehicle may be moved from the trailer to the motor vehicle before a
journey begins, and vehicles which have been carried on the motor vehicle
may be moved from it to the trailer after a journey ends;any sheeting or other readily flexible
means of covering or securing a load;...any empty receptacle which itself forms
a load; any receptacle which contains an indivisible
load of exceptional length;any receptacle manufactured before 30th
October 1985, not being a maritime container (namely a container designed
primarily for carriage on sea transport without an accompanying road vehicle);
...any special appliance or apparatus as
described in regulation 81(c)
which does not itself increase the carrying capacity of the vehicle; ...any rearward projecting buffer made of rubber or other resilient material ; ... any aerodynamic devices and equipment; or any camera-monitor system. for the purposes of regulations 7, 13A, 13B and 13C— any part of a trailer (not being in the
case of an agricultural trailed appliance a drawbar or other thing with which
it is equipped for the purpose of being towed) designed primarily for use
as a means of attaching it to another vehicle and any fitting designed for
use in connection with any such part;the thickness of any front or rear wall
on a semi-trailer and of any part forward of such front wall or rearward of
such rear wall which does not increase the vehicle's load-carrying space.
|
| overall width
| the distance between longitudinal planes
passing through the extreme lateral projecting points of the vehicle inclusive
of all parts of the vehicle, of any receptacle which is of permanent character
and accordingly strong enough for repeated use, and any fitting on, or attached
to, the vehicle except—any driving mirror;any snow-plough fixed in front of the
vehicle;so much of the distortion of any tyre
as is caused by the weight of the vehicle;any receptacle specially designed to
hold and keep secure a seal issued for the purposes of customs clearance;
any lamp or reflector fitted to the vehicle
in accordance with the Lighting Regulations;any sideboard which is let down while
the vehicle is stationary in order to facilitate its loading or unloading;
any fitting attached to part of, or to
a receptacle on, a vehicle which does not increase the carrying capacity of
the part or receptacle but which enables it to be —transferred from a road vehicle to a railway vehicle
or from a railway vehicle to a road vehicle;—secured to a railway vehicle by a locking device; and
—carried on a railway vehicle by the use of stanchions;
any sheeting or other readily flexible
means of covering or securing a load;any receptacle with an external width,
measured at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, which does
not exceed 2.5 m;any empty receptacle which itself forms
a load;any receptacle which contains an indivisible
load of exceptional width;any receptacle manufactured before 30th
October 1985, not being a maritime container (namely a container designed
primarily for carriage on sea transport without an accompanying road vehicle);
...any special appliance or apparatus as
described in regulation 81(c)
which does not itself increase the carrying capacity of the vehicle ; ... any apparatus fitted to a bus which enables it to be guided wholly or mainly by means of wheels bearing outwards against fixed apparatus, provided that no part of the apparatus projects more than 75mm beyond the side of the bus when the wheels of the bus are parallel to its longitudinal axis ; ... any aerodynamic devices and equipment; or any camera-monitor system.and the reference in paragraph (n) above to the side of a bus is a reference to the longitudinal plane passing through the extreme lateral projecting points of the vehicle inclusive of all parts of the vehicle, of any receptacle which is of permanent character and accordingly strong enough for repeated use, and any fitting on, or attached to, the vehicle except those items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (n). |
| overhang | the distance measured horizontally and parallel to the longitudinal
axis of a vehicle between two transverse planes passing through the following
two points—the rearmost point of the vehicle exclusive
of— any expanding or extensible contrivance
forming part of a turntable fire escape fixed to a vehicle;in the case of a motor car constructed
solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects and adapted to carry
not more than eight passengers exclusive of the driver, any luggage carrier
fitted to the vehicle; andin the case of a motor vehicle having
not more than three axles of which only one is not a steering axle, the centre
point of that axle;in the case of a motor vehicle having
three axles of which the front axle is the only steering axle and of a motor
vehicle having four axles of which the two foremost are the only steering
axles, a point 110 mm behind the centre of a straight line joining the centre
points of the two rearmost axles; andin any other case a point situated
on the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and such that a line drawn from it
at right angles to that axis will pass through the centre of the minimum turning
circle of the vehicle. |
| passenger vehicle | a vehicle
constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects. |
| pedestrian-controlled vehicle | a motor vehicle which is controlled by a pedestrian
and not constructed or adapted for use or used for the carriage of a driver
or passenger. |
| pneumatic tyre
| a tyre which—
(a) is provided with, or together with the wheel
upon which it is mounted forms, a continuous closed chamber inflated to a
pressure substantially exceeding atmospheric pressure when the tyre is in
the condition in which it is normally used, but is not subjected to any load;
(b) is capable of
being inflated and deflated without removal from the wheel or vehicle; and
(c) is such that,
when it is deflated and is subjected to a normal load, the sides of the tyre
collapse. |
| public works vehicle
| a mechanically propelled vehicle which is used on a road by or on behalf of–the Central Scotland Water Development Board;a ferry undertaking;a highway or roads authority;a local authority;a market undertaking;the National Rivers Authority;an operator of an electronic communications code network;a police authority or local policing body;a universal service provider (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011) in connection with the provision of a universal postal service (within the meaning of that Part);a public electricity supplier within the meaning of Part I of the Electricity Act 1989; a public gas transporter within the meaning of Part I of the Gas Act 1986;a statutory undertaker within the meaning of section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980;an undertaking for the supply of district heating;a water authority within the meaning of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980; ora water or sewerage undertaker within the meaning of the Water Act 1989;for the purpose of works which such a body has a duty or power to carry out, and which is used only for the carriage of–the crew, andgoods which are needed for works in respect of which the vehicle is used. |
| recut pneumatic tyre |
a pneumatic tyre in which all or part of its original tread pattern has been
cut deeper or burnt deeper or a different tread pattern has been cut deeper
or burnt deeper than the original tread pattern. |
| refuse vehicle |
a vehicle designed for use and used solely in connection with street cleansing,
the collection or disposal of refuse, or the collection or disposal of the
contents of gullies or cesspools. |
|
registered | registered under any of the
following enactments—
(a) the Roads Act 1920,
(b) the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1949,
(c) the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962,
or
(d) the 1971 Act
and,in relation to the date
on which a vehicle was registered, the date on which it was first registered
under any of those enactments. |
|
relevant braking requirement | a requirement
that the brakes of a motor vehicle (as assisted, where a trailer is being
drawn, by the brakes on the trailer) comply—
(i) in a case to which item 1 in Table 1 in regulation
18 applies, with the requirements specified
in regulation 18(3)
for vehicles falling in that item;(ii) in any other
case, with the requirements specified in regulation 18(3)
for vehicle classes (a) and (b) in item 2 of that Table (whatever the date
of first use of the motor vehicle and the date of manufacture of any trailer
drawn by it may be). |
| resilient
tyre | a tyre, not being a pneumatic tyre,
which is of soft or elastic material, having regard to paragraph (5). |
| restricted speed vehicle | a vehicle displaying at its rear a “50” plate in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 13. |
| retreaded tyre | a tyre which has been reconditioned to extend its useful life by replacement of the tread rubber or by replacement of the tread rubber and renovation of the sidewall rubber. |
| rigid vehicle |
a motor vehicle which is not constructed or adapted to form part of an articulated
vehicle or articulated bus. |
| rim diameter | is to be interpreted in accordance with the British Standard BS AU 50: Part 2: Section 1: 1980 entitled “British Standard Automobile Series: Specification for Tyres and Wheels Part 2. Wheels and rims Section 1. Rim profiles and dimensions (including openings for valves)” which came into effect on 28th November 1980. |
| rim diameter size code | is to be interpreted in accordance with the British Standard referred to in the meaning given in this Table to “rim diameter”. |
|
secondary braking system | a braking system
of a vehicle applied by a secondary means of operation independent of the
service braking system or by one of the sections comprised in a split braking
system. |
| service braking system
| the braking system of a vehicle which
is designed and constructed to have the highest braking efficiency of any
of the braking systems with which the vehicle is equipped. |
| semi-trailer |
a trailer which is constructed or adapted to form part of an articulated vehicle including (without prejudice to the generality of that) a vehicle which is not itself a motor vehicle but which has some or all of its wheels driven by the drawing vehicle.
|
| silencer | a contrivance suitable and sufficient for reducing as far
as may be reasonable the noise caused by the escape of exhaust gases from
the engine of a motor vehicle. |
|
single-decked vehicle | a vehicle upon
which no part of a deck or gangway is vertically above another deck or gangway.
|
| split braking system | in relation to a motor vehicle, a braking system
so designed and constructed that—
(a) it comprises two independent sections of mechanism capable
of developing braking force such that, excluding the means of operation, a
failure of any part (other than a fixed member or a brake shoe anchor pin)
of one of the said sections will not cause a decrease in the braking force
capable of being developed by the other section;
(b) the said two sections are operated by a means
of operation which is common to both sections;
(c) the braking efficiency of either of the said
two sections can be readily checked. |
| stepframe low loader |
a semi-trailer (not being a low loader) which is constructed and normally used for the carriage of engineering equipment and is so constructed that the upper surface of the major part of the load platform is at a height of less than 1m above the ground when measured on level ground and when–
aany adjustable suspension is at the normal travelling height,
ball pneumatic tyres are suitably inflated for use when the vehicle is fully laden, and
cthe semi-trailer is unladen.
|
| stored energy | in relation
to a braking system of a vehicle, energy (other than the muscular energy of
the driver or the mechanical energy of a spring) stored in a reservoir for
the purpose of applying the brakes under the control of the driver, either
directly or as a supplement to his muscular energy. |
| straddle carrier |
a motor vehicle constructed to straddle and lift its load for the purpose
of transportation. |
| staircase | means a staircase by means of which passengers on a double-decked vehicle may pass to and from the upper deck of the vehicle; |
| statutory
power of removal | a power conferred by
or under any enactment to remove or move a vehicle from any road or from any
part of a road. |
| swap body | a part of a vehicle which is intended to bear the load, has supports and, by means of a device which is part of the vehicle, may be detached from the vehicle and re-incorporated into it. |
| temporary
use spare tyre | a pneumatic tyre which
is designed for use on a motor vehicle only—
(a) in the event of the failure of one of the tyres
normally fitted to a wheel of the vehicle, and
(b) at a speed lower than that for which such normally
fitted tyres are designed. |
|
three-wheeled motor cycle | a motor cycle
having three wheels, not including a two-wheeled motor cycle with a sidecar
attached. |
| towing implement
| a device on wheels designed for the
purpose of enabling a motor vehicle to draw another vehicle by the attachment
of that device to that other vehicle in such a manner that part of that other
vehicle is secured to and either rests on or is suspended from the device
and some but not all of the wheels on which that other vehicle normally runs
are raised off the ground. |
|
track-laying | in relation to a vehicle,
so designed and constructed that the weight thereof is transmitted to the
road surface either by means of continuous tracks or by a combination of wheels
and continuous tracks in such circumstances that the weight transmitted to
the road surface by the tracks is not less than half the weight of the vehicle.
|
| trailer | means a vehicle drawn by a motor vehicle and is to be interpreted
in accordance with paragraphs (9)
and (11).
|
| train weight | in relation to a motor vehicle which may draw a
trailer, the maximum laden weight for the motor vehicle together with any
trailer which may be drawn by it. |
|
transverse plane | a vertical plane at
right angles to the longitudinal axis of a vehicle. |
| trolley bus | a
bus adapted for use on roads without rails and moved by power transmitted
thereto from some external source. |
|
unbraked trailer | any trailer other than
one which, whether or not regulation 15 or 16
applies to it, is equipped with a braking system in accordance with one of
those regulations. |
| unladen
weight | the weight of a vehicle or trailer
inclusive of the body and all parts (the heavier being taken where alternative
bodies or parts are used) which are necessary to or ordinarily used with the
vehicle or trailer when working on a road, but exclusive of the weight of
water, fuel or accumulators used for the purpose of the supply of power for
the propulsion of the vehicle or, as the case may be, of any vehicle by which
the trailer is drawn, and of loose tools and loose equipment. |
| vehicle in the service of a visiting
force or of a headquarters | a vehicle
so described in Article 8(6)
of the Visiting
Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) Order 1965 |
| wheel |
a wheel the tyre or rim of which when the vehicle is in motion on a road is
in contact with the ground; two wheels are to be regarded as one wheel in
the circumstances specified in paragraph (7).
|
| wheeled | in relation to a vehicle, so constructed that the whole
weight of the vehicle is transmitted to the road surface by means of wheels.
|
| Wide tyre | a pneumatic tyre of which the area of contact with the road
surface is not less than 300mm in width when measured at right angles to the
longitudinal axis of the vehicle. |
|
works trailer | a trailer designed for
use in private premises and used on a road only in delivering goods from or
to such premises to or from a vehicle on a road in the immediate neighbourhood,
or in passing from one part of any such premises to another or to other private
premises in the immediate neighbourhood or in connection with road works while
at or in the immediate neighbourhood of the site of such works. |
| works truck | a motor vehicle (other than a straddle carrier) designed for use
in private premises and used on a road only in delivering goods from or to
such premises to or from a vehicle on a road in the immediate neighbourhood,
or in passing from one part of any such premises to another or to other private
premises in the immediate neighbourhood or in connection with road works while
at or in the immediate neighbourhood of the site of such works. |