No person shall operate on a public road a motor vehicle or a combination of motor vehicles, the wheels of which are fitted with pneumatic tyres, if—
| (a) | the wheel massload of wheels— |
| (i) | which are fitted to a steering axle, exceeds 3 850 kilograms; or |
| (ii) | which are fitted to axles other than a steering axle, exceeds 4 000 kilograms; |
| (b) | the axle massload of an axle fitted with two or three wheels and— |
| (i) | which is a steering axle, exceeds 7 700 kilograms; or |
| (ii) | which is an axle other than a steering axle, exceeds 8 000 kilograms; |
| (c) | the axle massload of an axle fitted with four wheels and— |
| (i) | which is fitted to a vehicle designed to compact refuse and which is carrying such refuse, exceeds 10 200 kilograms; |
| (ii) | which is fitted to a breakdown vehicle, exceeds 10 200 kilograms; |
| (iii) | which is placed in the rear or middle of a bus-train, exceeds 10 200 kilograms; |
Provided that in the case of a rapid transport bus-train the limit on the drive axle shall be 13 000 kilograms and on the other non-steering axle shall be 13 000 kilograms.
[Proviso to regulation 240(c)(iii) inserted by regulation 13(a) of Notice No. R. 359 of 2010]
| (iv) | which is fitted to a bus, other than a bus-train, exceeds 10 200 kilograms; or |
Provided that in the case of a rapid transport complementary bus, or a rapid transport trunk bus, this limit shall be 12 000 kilograms.
[Proviso to regulation 240(c)(iv) inserted by regulation 13(b) of Notice No. R. 359 of 2010]
| (v) | which is not mentioned in items (i) to (iv), exceeds 9 000 kilograms; |
| (d) | the axle massload of an axle unit which consists of two axles, each of which are fitted with two or three wheels, and— |
| (i) | which is a steering axle unit, exceeds 15 400 kilograms; or |
| (ii) | which is an axle unit other than a steering axle unit, exceeds 16 000 kilograms; |
| (e) | the axle massload of an axle unit which consists of two axles, each of which are fitted with four wheels, and— |
| (i) | which is fitted to a vehicle, except a trailer, designed to compact refuse and which is carrying such refuse, exceeds 20 400 kilograms; |
[Regulation 240(e)(i) substituted by regulation 45 of Notice No. 2116 of 2001 ]
| (ii) | which is fitted to a breakdown vehicle, exceeds 20 400 kilograms; or |
| (iii) | which is not mentioned in items (i) and (ii), exceeds 18 000 kilograms; |
| (f) | the axle massload of an axle unit which consists of three or more axles, each of which are fitted with two or three wheels, and— |
| (i) | which is a steering axle unit, exceeds 23 100 kilograms; or |
| (ii) | which is an axle unit other than a steering axle unit, exceeds 24 000 kilograms; or |
| (g) | the axle massload of an axle unit which consists of three or more axles, each of which are fitted with four wheels, exceeds 24 000 kilograms; and |
[Regulation 240(g) substituted by regulation 9(a) of Notice No. R. 541 of 2011]
| (h) | The axle mass load of an axle-unit which consists of two axles, one of which is a drive axle with four wheels and the other is an axle with two wheels, and which is fitted to a rapid transport bus, if the sum of the two axle mass loads exceeds 18 200 kilograms. |
[Regulation 240(h) inserted by regulation 9(b) of Notice No. R. 541 of 2011]
Provided that the limitations on steering axles and steering axle-units in paragraph (a), (b), (d) and (f) above, do not apply to any axle or axle-units which assist in reducing the turning circle of a rapid transport bus or rapid transport bus-train, but which is not the front axle or front axle-unit.
[Proviso to regulation 240 inserted by regulation 13(d) of Notice No. R. 359 of 2010]
