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Roads Act 1920

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Royal assent
  
23 December 1920

Repealed
  
22 July 2004

Commencement
  
1 January 1921

Roads Act 1920

Long title
  
An Act to make provision for the collection and application of the excise duties on mechanically-propelled vehicles and on carriages; to amend the Finance Act, 1920, as respects such duties; and to amend the Motor Oar Acts, 1896 and 1903, and the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act, 1909; and to make other provision with respect to roads and vehicles used on roads, and for purposes connected therewith.

Repealed by
  
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004

The Roads Act 1920 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which established the Road Fund, and introduced tax discs.

Clauses

The Act:

  • Required councils to register all new vehicles and to allocate a separate number to each vehicle
  • It clarified the situation regarding cars driven by internal combustion engines, replacing complex previous legislation for different types of vehicle.
  • Provision for the collection and application of the excise duties on mechanically-propelled vehicles and on carriages.
  • Creation of the Road Fund.

    • References

    Roads Act 1920 Wikipedia
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