Roads Act 1920

United Kingdom legislation

Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 2004

Status: Repealed

Text of statute as originally enacted

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 county councils to register all new vehicles and to allocate a separate number to each vehicle,^[1] 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.^[1]
Provision for the collection and application of the excise duties on mechanically-propelled vehicles and on carriages.^[2]
Creation of the Road Fund.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "A brief history of road safety". Chapman Central. Retrieved 27 February 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "Roads Act 1920". Office of Public Sector Information. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

Text of the Roads Act 1920 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

Pre-parliamentary legislation

Acts of parliaments of states preceding
the Kingdom of Great Britain

Parliament of England	1225–1267 1275–1307 1308–1325 Temp. incert. 1327–1376 1377–1397 1399–1411 1413–1421 1422–1460 1461 1463 1464 1467 1468 1472 1474 1477 1482 1483 1485–1503 1509–1535 1536 1539–1540 1541 1542 1543 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549 1551 1553 1554 1555 1557 1558–1575 1580 1584 1586 1588 1592 1597 1601 1603 1605 1606 1609 1620 1623 1625 1627 Petition of Right 1640 Interregnum (1642–1660) 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1670 1672 1675 1677 1678 1679 Habeas Corpus Act 1680 1685 1688 1689 Bill of Rights 1690 1691 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 1700 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706
Parliament of Scotland	to 1707

Parliament of England