Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) (Amendment) Regulations 1989
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1989/270 |
| Year | 1989 |
1989No. 270
MERCHANT SHIPPING
SAFETY
The Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other
Cargo) (Amendment) Regulations 1989
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The Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting with the persons referred to in section 22(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 ( a) in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 21(1)(a), (3) and (6) and section 22(1) of that Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:-
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 31st March 1989.
2. The Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) Regulations 1988 ( b) shall be amended as follows:
(a) the following paragraph shall be added to regulation 2:-"(3) A certificate for the purpose of paragraph (1)(iii) shall be a statement in writing of the weight of the qualifying cargo item given by a person who both-
(a) attended to the weighing, and(b) held then either such a certificate as is mentioned in section 18(1) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 ( c) which was issued for the purposes thereof or such a certificate as is mentioned in regulation 3(3). " (b) regulation 4(6) shall be replaced by the following three paragraphs:-"(6) The weight of a qualifying cargo item which is a motor vehicle drawing a trailer, whether or not carrying a load, may be taken, if the trailer (with load, if any) has been weighed within the port premises together with some other motor vehicle drawing it, to be the sum of:-(i) the combined weight so measured of the trailer and that other motor vehicle with which it was weighed less the mean operating weight of that other motor vehicle, and(ii) the mean operating weight of the motor vehicle drawing it onto the vessel and intended to remain with it during the voyage;where the mean operating weight of each motor vehicle has been determined previously and recorded on a certificate which is kept with the vehicle or is retained, in original or photocopy, by the weighing manager.
(7) The mean operating weight-
(i) of a motor vehicle referred to in paragraphs (4)(b), (5)(b) and (6) above shall be the overall weight of the motor vehicle, without any load but with any loose tools and equipment, one-half of the maximum capacity of fuel, and a reasonable allowance for the driver and(a) 1979 c.39. Section 21(6) was amended by section 49(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48).
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