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ROAD SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 115 OF 2009) - REG 64

Use of portable weighing devices

r. 64

A portable weighing device is used in the prescribed manner for the purposes of section 82 of the Act 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 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 the axles comprising the group.



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