Road Traffic Act · s 84C

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84C.
Weighing of vehicles
(1) Subject to this Act, it shall be lawful for any police officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner of Police to require the person in charge of any motor vehicle to allow it or any trailer drawn thereby to be weighed either laden or unladen and the weight transmitted to the road by any part of the motor vehicle laden or unladen in contact with the road to be tested and for the purpose forthwith to proceed to a weighbridge or other machine for weighing vehicles, and if any person in charge of a motor vehicle refuses or neglects to comply with any such requirement, he is guilty of an offence.
(2) Subject to this Act, it shall be lawful for any police officer so authorised to require the person in charge of a motor vehicle to unload it or any trailer drawn thereby for the purpose of being weighed unladen.
(3) Where a motor vehicle or trailer is weighed under this section, a certificate of weight shall be given to the person in charge of the motor vehicle by the officer who required it to be weighed.

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s 84CWeighing of vehicles

(1)

Subject to this Act, it shall be lawful for any police officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner of Police to require the person in charge of any motor vehicle to allow it or any trailer drawn thereby to be weighed either laden or unladen and the weight transmitted to the road by any part of the motor vehicle laden or unladen in contact with the road to be tested and for the purpose forthwith to proceed to a weighbridge or other machine for weighing vehicles, and if any person in charge of a motor vehicle refuses or neglects to comply with any such requirement, he is guilty of an offence.

(2)

Subject to this Act, it shall be lawful for any police officer so authorised to require the person in charge of a motor vehicle to unload it or any trailer drawn thereby for the purpose of being weighed unladen.

(3)

Where a motor vehicle or trailer is weighed under this section, a certificate of weight shall be given to the person in charge of the motor vehicle by the officer who required it to be weighed.