Notice to Minister
7.—(1)  The owner of every vehicle the use of which on roads is authorised by this Notification and the weight of which exceeds the laden weight provided in rule 99 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules (R 9) shall, before using any such vehicle on a road or bridge the maintenance of which the Authority is responsible, give 3 clear days’ notice to the Authority in the form and supply all particulars specified in the Schedule.
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(1A)  Every notice given under sub-paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by an indemnity in the form specified in the Schedule.
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(2)  The Minister may in special cases or circumstances dispense with any requirements as to the length of notice or the particulars to be given.
(3)  No claim under the indemnity mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) shall be enforceable unless first made within a period of 12 months from the date when the vehicle was last so used under that notice.
(3A)  Upon notice being given under sub-paragraph (1), any person who uses or permits to be used the vehicle shall ensure that —
(a)where the laden weight of the vehicle is 80 tonnes or more, the vehicle —
(i)does not exceed a speed of —
(A)12 km/hour if the axle load is 25 tonnes or more; and
(B)20 km/hour if the axle load is less than 25 tonnes;
(ii)does not travel on a bridge specified in the notice where he has reasonable grounds to believe that another vehicle whose laden weight is 80 tonnes or more is already travelling on that bridge; and
(iii)travels on the centre of the carriageway of a bridge specified in the notice; or
(b)where the laden weight of the vehicle is less than 80 tonnes but more than 46 tonnes, the vehicle —
(i)does not advance next to; and
(ii)allows a distance of at least one vehicle length when travelling behind,
another vehicle whose laden weight is less than 80 tonnes but more than 46 tonnes, unless the second-mentioned vehicle is stationary.
[S 109/2005 wef 04/03/2005]
(4)  Nothing in this Notification shall authorise without the consent of the Minister the use of a vehicle on a road or bridge in contravention of a restriction on the use thereof imposed under section 113, 115 or 118 of the Act.