176Amendment or cancellation on application by permit

176 Amendment or cancellation on application by permit holder (1) The holder of a permit for a mass or dimension authority may apply to the Regulator for an amendment or cancellation of the authority.

(c) if the application is for an amendment, state clearly the (4) If the proposed amendment of the mass or dimension authority is— (a) to amend the areas or routes to which the authority applies (otherwise than by omitting an area or route or reducing an area or route in size); or (b) to impose or amend road conditions or travel conditions; (c) the Regulator must ask the relevant road managers (for the roads to which the amendment relates) for their consent to the amendment; and (d) the provisions of Division 2 apply to the request for consent in the same way as they apply to a request for consent under that Division, with the modifications (if any) prescribed by the national regulations and with any necessary modifications. (5) The Regulator must decide the application as soon as practicable after (6) If the Regulator decides to grant the application—

(c) if the Regulator amended the authority, the Regulator must give the applicant a replacement permit for the authority as amended; and (d) if the authority is amended to change the vehicle to which the authority applies to an equivalent vehicle, the Regulator must give notice of the amendment to the relevant road manager within 28 days after the authority is amended. (7) If the Regulator decides not to amend or cancel the mass or dimension authority as sought by the applicant, the Regulator must— (b) return the permit for the authority to the applicant. equivalent vehicle, of another vehicle, means a vehicle that— (a) is of the same category as the other vehicle; and (b) has mass requirements that are no more than the mass requirements applying to the other vehicle; and (c) has dimension requirements that are no more than the dimension requirements applying to the other vehicle; and (d) poses no greater public risk than the other vehicle.