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Motor Vehicles Act 1949
56Axle loads on axles not more than one metre apart and wheel
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56 Axle loads on axles not more than one metre apart and wheel
loads on co-axial wheels
(1) For the purposes of sections 53 and 57, axles the centres of which
may be included between 2 parallel transverse vertical planes not
more than one metre apart shall be deemed to be one axle.
Part 5B Alteration of maximum loads, granting of exemptions, and prohibition against
certain vehicles
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(2) For the purposes of sections 53, 57 and 62(2), a group of co-axial
wheels on one side of the centre line of a vehicle shall be deemed
to be one wheel.
Part 5B Alteration of maximum loads, granting of
exemptions, and prohibition against certain