63Use of portable weighing devices

63 Use of portable weighing devices

For the purposes of section 82(1) of the Act, a portable weighing device is used in the prescribed manner if—

(a) to ascertain the mass carried on a single axle—

(i) the device is placed under each of any 2 tyres on the axle so that the whole mass borne by the axle is borne by or on the device; and

(ii) the reading on the device used to ascertain the mass is taken while the axle load is borne by or on the device; and

(iii) in the case of more than one device being used to ascertain the mass, the mass carried on the axle is calculated as the sum of the readings of each of the devices; and

(b) to ascertain the mass carried on a group of axles, the mass carried on the axles is calculated as the sum of the mass carried on all the axles comprising the group.