Light artic exemptions
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• The Road Traffic Act 1960 Section 253 defines a trailer as a vehicle drawn by a motor vehicle, and this definition expressly covers an articulated semi-trailer.
It has now been confirmed by the Ministry of Transport that provided the unladen weight of each of the two units forming an articulated outfit does not exceed 30cwt, then the outfit will for the present be exempt from carrier's licensing.
When operators' licensing proposals are introduced later on, all vehicles and vehicle combinations exceeding 30cwt unladen or 3+ tons gross plated weight will require a licence, but trailers not exceeding one ton unladen weight will be totally excluded from calculations. Many light automatic trailers do weigh under one ton. This being the case it will be permissible to operate a tractive unit not exceeding 30cwt unladen weight or not exceeding 3+ tons gross plated weight coupled to a light trailer outside the licensing provisions.