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Restriction on issue of vehicle plates.
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31.—(1) Where an application for the issue of a vehicle plate in respect of a lorry is made by the licensee (other than an authorised (merchandise carrying) company) under a merchandise (existing carrier's) licence, such plate shall not be issued—
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(a) if there is no standard lorry weight for such licensee, or
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(b) in case there is a standard lorry weight for such licensee, if—
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(i) the unladen weight of such lorry exceeds such standard lorry weight, or
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(ii) the result of such issue, if made, would be that the combined unladen weights of the lorries in respect of which vehicle plates are on issue to such licensee would exceed such standard lorry weight.
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(2) Where an application for the issue of a vehicle plate in respect of a tractor is made by the licensee (other than an authorised (merchandise carrying) company) under a merchandise (existing carrier's) licence, such plate shall not be issued—
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(a) if there is no standard tractor weight for such licensee, or
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(b) in case there is a standard tractor weight for such licensee, if—
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(i) the unladen weight of such tractor exceeds such standard tractor weight, or
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(ii) the result of such issue, if made, would be that the combined unladen weights of the tractors in respect of which vehicle plates are on issue to such licensee would exceed such standard tractor weight.
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(3) Whenever a vehicle plate issued to a licensee under a merchandise (existing carrier's) licence is surrendered by such licensee at the vehicle plate issuing station at which it was issued such vehicle plate shall be deemed for the purposes of this section no longer to be on issue to such licensee.
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