Schedule 2 Amendment of Road Transport (Heavy Vehicles Registration Charges) Regulation 1996

(Section 4)

[1]   Clauses 4A and 4B

Insert after clause 4:

  

4A   Vehicles declared not to be special purpose vehicles

For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of special purpose vehicle in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, each of the following vehicles is declared not to be a special purpose vehicle:

(a)  a caravan,

(b)  a mobile home,

(c)  a mobile library,

(d)  a mobile workshop,

(e)  a mobile laboratory,

(f)  a mobile billboard.

4B   Vehicles declared to be special purpose vehicles

For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of special purpose vehicle in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, each of the following vehicles is declared to be a special purpose vehicle:

(a)  a forklift,

(b)  a straddle carrier,

(c)  a mobile cherry picker,

(d)  a mobile crane.

[2]   Clause 5 What are the axle load limits for special purpose vehicles?

Omit “special purpose vehicle (type 1)” and “special purpose vehicle (type 2)”.

Insert instead “special purpose vehicle (type o)” and “special purpose vehicle (type t)” respectively.