On 24/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 24/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 24/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 01/11/2010.
3. Subject to rules 4 and 5, the owner and the driver of a motor vehicle or trailer shall each ensure that while the motor vehicle or trailer is being used on a road, no part of the motor vehicle or trailer together with any load or any covering placed over the load on the motor vehicle or trailer projects laterally beyond the body or wheels of the motor vehicle or trailer or any authorised fitting permanently attached to the motor vehicle or trailer, unless —
(a)
the rear overhang of the load is less than 40% of the length of the motor vehicle or trailer or 1.8 metres, whichever is the lesser; and
(b)
the overall width of the motor vehicle or trailer, or of the motor vehicle or trailer together with the width of any lateral projection of its load, is 2.6 metres or less.