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Roads Act 1920

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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