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

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National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000

Chapter VI : Fitness of Vehicles

Part IV : Loads on vehicles

235. Permissible maximum axle unit 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 unit massload of such vehicle is exceeded.

 

(2) The permissible maximum axle unit 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)(iii); and
(c) regulation 240(d), (e), (f) and (g).