National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)

Regulations

National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000

Chapter VI : Fitness of Vehicles

Part IV : Loads on vehicles

234. Permissible maximum axle massload of vehicle

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(1) No person shall operate on a public road a minibus, bus, tractor or goods vehicle if the permissible maximum axle massload of such vehicle is exceeded.

 

(2) The permissible maximum axle massload of a vehicle shall be the least of the mass limits determined by—
(a)regulation 238(1) in respect of a vehicle fitted with pneumatic tyres or regulation 238(2) and 243 in respect of a vehicle fitted with tyres other than pneumatic tyres;
(b) regulation 239(1)(a)(ii); and
(c) regulation 240(a), (b) and (c).