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Operator fined £834 for running overweight A COUNTY Armagh haulage

4th July 2013, Page 19
4th July 2013
Page 19
Page 19, 4th July 2013 — Operator fined £834 for running overweight A COUNTY Armagh haulage
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company has been fined a total of £834 for running overweight.

In a prosecution brought by the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA), Antrim Magistrates' Court was told that in April 2012, officers from the organisation directed an artic — owned and operated by Annaghmore-based Derrys Limited — to the DVA's dynamic axle weighbridge in Toome, County Antrim.

On weighing the vehicle it was found to be: • overweight by 4,420kg (11.0%) in excess of its legal gross train weight of 40,000kg; • overweight in excess of its GVVV by 2,330kg (13.7%); • overweight on axle two by 910kg (8.6%); • overweight on the combination of axles three, four and five by 1,090kg (4.5%).

As a result, the vehicle was prevented from moving until it was able to run at the correct weight.

The company was fined £200 for each of the four offences, ordered to pay £19 in court costs, as well as an offender levy of £15.

Charges were brought under the Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations (NI) 1999 as well as the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (NI) 1999.

Summing up The authorities in Northern Ireland will target and prosecute hauliers who run overweight.


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