Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1967
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1967/1270 |
| Year | 1967 |
1967 No. 1270
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 196721stAugust 1967
4thSeptember 1967
11thSeptember 1967
The Minister of Transport, in exercise of her powers under section 64(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1960(a), as amended by section 51 of and Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1962(b), and of all other powers her enabling in that behalf, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with the provisions of section 260(2) of the said Act of 1960, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
1.—(1)These Regulations shall come into operation on the 11th September 1967 and may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1967.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(c) shall apply for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
2. The Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1966(d) shall have effect as though—
(1) in Regulation 7, for paragraph (2) there were substituted the following paragraphs—
"(2) The overall length of a public service vehicle or a vehicle which is constructed or adapted for use as such a vehicle or a chassis which is constructed for such a vehicle shall not exceed 12 metres.
(3) The overall length of a motor vehicle other than one falling within either of the two foregoing paragraphs shall not exceed 11 metres.";
(2) in Regulation 62(1), after the words "heavy motor car" there were inserted the words "or a motor car";
(3) in Regulation 109(4), for sub-paragraph (b) there were substituted the following sub-paragraph:—
"(b) without prejudice to the foregoing sub-paragraph, no load shall be carried on a trailer drawn by a motor vehicle or in such a manner that part of its weight rests on more than one trailer so drawn where the overall length of the combination of vehicles together with the length of any forward projection of the load extending beyond the foremost point of the drawing vehicle comprised in the combination and the length of any rearward projection of the load extending beyond the rearmost point of the rearmost vehicle comprised therein exceeds 85 feet,
unless the conditions specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 8 have been complied with.";
(a) 8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 16.
(c) 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
(d) S. I. 1966/1288 (1966 III, p. 3493).
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