Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 14833
Large Goods Vehicles: Testing
Tabled: 18 November 2024
Answered: 25 November 2024
Question
Mr Will Forster
Liberal Democrat — Woking
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 to permit 44 tonne operations.
Answer
Lilian GreenwoodPermitted weights are governed by the Road Vehicles (Authorised Weights) Regulation 1998, as amended. Under these regulations, many goods vehicles are already permitted to operate at up to 44 tonnes.