The Roads Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 72) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which established the Road Fund, and introduced tax discs.
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The act:
- Required county councils to register all new vehicles and to allocate a separate number to each vehicle, in a continuation of the vehicle registration scheme introduced under the Motor Car Act 1903
- 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.
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