69Length of combinations

69 Length of combinations

(1) A combination must not be over: (a) for a B‑double—25 metres long; and (b) for a road train—53.5 metres long; and (c) for a combination, except a road train, designed to carry vehicles on 2 or more partly or completely overlapping decks—25 metres long; and (d) for another combination—19 metres long. (2) In a B‑double built to carry cattle, sheep, pigs or horses, the 2 semi‑trailers must not have over 18.8 metres of their combined length available for the carriage of animals. (3) For subrule (2), the length available for the carriage of animals on a trailer is measured from the inside of the front wall or door of the trailer to the inside of the rear wall or door of the trailer, with any intervening partitions disregarded. (4) However, a B‑double may be up to 26 metres long if: (a) the distance between the point of articulation at the front of the leading semi‑trailer and the rear of the combination does not exceed 20.6 metres; and (b) the prime mover of the combination is fitted with a front underrun protective device that complies with regulation 93 made under the UN ECE Agreement; and (c) if the prime mover has a date of manufacture after 31 December 2005 — it is fitted with a cab that complies with regulation 29 made under that Agreement; and (d) the prime mover does not have a load‑carrying area. (5) In subrule (4):

UN ECE Agreement means the Agreement concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions done at Geneva on 20 March 1958, as amended and in effect on 13 July 1999.