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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

237. Permissible maximum combination mass

 

(1) No person shall operate on a public road a combination of vehicles where the drawing vehicle is a minibus, bus, tractor or goods vehicle, if the permissible maximum combination mass of such combination is exceeded.

 

(2) The permissible maximum combination mass of a combination of vehicles shall be the least of the mass limits determined by—
(a) the sum of all the permissible maximum axle massloads and axle unit massloads of the combination of vehicles as contemplated in regulations 234 and 235;
(b) regulation 239(1)(b);
(c) regulation 239(2);
(d) regulation 239(3); and
(e) regulation 241:

Provided that the permissible maximum combination mass of such combination shall not exceed 56 000 kilograms. Provided further that in the case where the drawing vehicle is a haulage tractor with a single driving axle, the permissible maximum combination mass shall not exceed 48 000 kilograms.

[Proviso substituted by regulation 55 of Notice No. R. 846 of 2014]