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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

236. Permissible maximum vehicle mass

 

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

 

(2) The permissible maximum vehicle mass of a vehicle 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 vehicle as contemplated in regulations 234 and 235;
(b) regulation 239(1)(a)(i);
(c) regulation 239(2);
(d) regulation 239(3); and
(e) regulation 241:

Provided that the permissible maximum vehicle mass of such vehicle shall not exceed 56 000 kilograms.