Road Traffic Act 1930

30Regulations.

(1)The Minister may make regulations for any purpose for which regulations may be made under this Part of this Act, and for prescribing anything which may be prescribed under this Part of this Act, and generally as to the use of motor vehicles and trailers on roads, their construction and equipment and the conditions under which they may be so used and otherwise for the purpose of carrying this Part of this Act into effect, and. in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, may make regulations with respect to any of the following matters :—

(a)the width, height and length of motor vehicles and trailers and the load carried thereby, the diameter of wheels, and the width, nature and condition of tyres, of motor vehicles and trailers;

(b)the consumption of smoke and the emission of visible vapour, sparks, ashes and grit;

(c)excessive noise owing to the design or condition of the vehicle, or the loading thereof;

(d)the maximum weight unladen of heavy locomotives, and heavy motor cars, and the maximum weight laden of motor vehicles and trailers, and the maximum weight to be transmitted to the road or any specified area thereof by a motor vehicle or trailer of any class or description or by any part or parts of such a vehicle or trailer in contact with the road, and the conditions under which the weights may be required to be tested;

(e)the particulars to be marked on motor vehicles and trailers;

(f)the towing of or drawing of vehicles by motor vehicles;

(g)the number and nature of brakes, and for securing that brakes, silencers and steering gear shall be efficient and kept in proper working order, and for empowering persons authorised by or under the regulations to test and inspect, either on a road or, subject to the consent of the owner of the premises, on any premises where the vehicle is, any such brakes, silencers or steering gear;

(h)the appliances to be fitted for signalling the approach of a motor vehicle, or enabling the driver of a motor vehicle to become aware of the approach of another vehicle from the rear, or for intimating any intended change of speed or direction of a motor vehicle and the use of any such appliance, and for securing that they shall be efficient and kept in proper working order;

(i)licences, and in particular with respect to the record to be kept of licences, and for providing special facilities for granting licences to persons not resident in Great Britain, and for dispensing in the case of any such persons with the requirements of section five of this Act, and for the communication by licensing authorities to one another of particulars of licences, and for making any particulars with respect to any persons who are disqualified for holding or obtaining drivers' licences or whose licences are suspended or endorsed available for use by the police, and for preventing a person holding more than one licence and for facilitating the identification of holders of licences and for providing for the issue of a new licence in the place of a licence lost or defaced on payment of such fee, not exceeding one shilling, as may be prescribed;

and different regulations may be made as respects different classes or descriptions of vehicles or as respects the same class or description of vehicles in different circumstances.

(2)In this Part of this Act the expression " regulations " means regulations made under this section.