
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Marking of Special Weights) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.
2 
The Road Vehicles (Marking of Special Weights) Regulations 1983 are hereby amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
3 
In regulation 2(2) there shall be added after the word “position”:
 “ and all letters and figures shown on the plate shall be not less than 4 millimetres in height.”.
4 
In regulation 3(1) for “12 miles per hour” there shall be substituted:“
 each of the following—
(i) 12 miles per hour;
(ii) 20 miles per hour;
(iii) 25 miles per hour;
(iv) 30 miles per hour;
(v) 35 miles per hour;
(vi) 40 miles per hour,”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Peter Bottomley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
24th July 1987