- Made under
- Road Traffic Act 1988
- Enforced by
- DVSA
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 1 of 2 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 1 has no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person2
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.004
Maximum authorised weights
Regulated
- Do not exceed maximum authorised vehicle or axle weightsAny Person
s.005
Saving for regulation 80 of the 1986 Regulations (over-riding weight restrictions)
Prosecution
- Use a vehicle in breach of over-riding weight restrictionsAny Person
Unlimited fine
3 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation and commencement
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Application of Regulations
Schedules
Schedules
0 of 9 shown9 other schedules
s.sch001
Weight not to be exceeded in any circumstances
s.sch001
Weight by reference to axle spacing
s.sch002
Weight not to be exceeded in any circumstances
s.sch002
Weight by reference to axle spacing
s.sch003
Weight not to be exceeded in any circumstances
s.sch003
Weight by reference to axle spacing
Help complying
Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.
1 more guide that reference this instrument
Connected legislation
The wider family of instruments made under the same parent Act.
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.