Is a demountable platform body included in a vehicle's unladen weight for ion purposes?
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The law on this subject is found in the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962 and the ice Act 1966.
a Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962, 6th Sched-ovides that for the purpose of computing le unladen weight of a goods vehicle shall le the weight of any receptacle, being an onal body placed on the vehicle for the ise of the carriage of goods. if any goods iaded into, carried in and unloaded from iceptacie without the receptacle being re d from the vehicle. Among the provisos re exclusion from calculations of livestock iners, and also receptacles constructed apted for the purpose of being lifted on or e vehicle with goods or burden contained n, and which from time to time are Ily used for that purpose in the ordinary e of business.
6th Schedule also provides that the it of a receptacle shall be included in the en weight of a vehicle where the recle is placed on the vehicle by or on behalf 3 person in whose name the vehicle is ered.
'ether a demountable platform body I come within the definition of a "recle" is doubtful, but the position has been ad by the Finance Act, 1966 (c18)
n 8. This legislation provides that the unweight of a vehicle shall be taken excluif the weight of any "bodyconstructed ipted for the purpose of being lifted on or e vehicle with goods contained therein ,hich is from time to time actually used for urpose in the ordinary course of business. question arises as to whether a body is time to time being lifted on and off, it
e up to the operator concerned to prove he body is being so used.
Finance Act 1966 makes no reference ownership of equipment or vehicles, nor o is responsible for the loading operation.
as anyone published a definitive sessment of automatic warehousing?
he pros and cons of automatic wareousing are outlined in a new publication 10s) produced by the Materials HandResearch Unit of the College of 3utics. Cranfield, Bedfordshire.